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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2005.0843 -- iDEFENSE Security Advisory 10.24.05
SCO Openserver authsh 'Home' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
25 October 2005
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: authsh
Publisher: iDEFENSE
Operating System: SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 and prior
Impact: Root Compromise
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2005-2926
Original Bulletin:
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=327
The original advisory, published by SCO, can be found at:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt
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SCO Openserver authsh 'Home' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
iDEFENSE Security Advisory 10.24.05
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities
October 24, 2005
I. BACKGROUND
SCO OpenServer is a UNIX-like operating system for x86 platforms.
II. DESCRIPTION
Local exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in The SCO Group
Inc.'s Openserver operating system could allow an attacker to gain root
privileges.
The authsh utility is a standard binary distributed with the Openserver
platform. The vulnerability specifically exists because of a lack of
bounds checking on the value given to the "HOME" environment variable.
Local attackers can supply a specially crafted string to overflow a
stack buffer and execute arbitrary code with group auth privileges.
III. ANALYSIS
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will result in execution
of arbitrary code with permissions of the running process. The binary is
setgid auth by default and can be used by attackers with a local account
to gain root privileges, as the group auth has write access to system
authentication information. An attacker would only need to modify the
system passwd file to grant an account they control superuser
privileges.
IV. DETECTION
iDEFENSE has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in SCO
Openserver 5.0.7. It is suspected that earlier versions are also
vulnerable.
V. WORKAROUND
As a workaround solution, remove the setgid bit from the authsh binary
until a vendor patch can be applied.
# chmod -g /opt/K/SCO/Unix/5.0.7Hw/usr/lib/sysadm/authsh
VI. VENDOR RESPONSE
The vendor has released the following advisory for this issue:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt
VII. CVE INFORMATION
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the
name CVE-2005-2926 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in
the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for
security problems.
VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
09/08/2005 Initial vendor notification
09/09/2005 Initial vendor response
10/24/2005 Public disclosure
IX. CREDIT
iDEFENSE Labs is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
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X. LEGAL NOTICES
Copyright (c) 2005 iDEFENSE, Inc.
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There are no warranties with regard to this information. Neither the
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this information.
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