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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2006.0134 -- [Solaris] Security Vulnerability in the in.rexecd(1M) Daemon on Kerberos Systems 16 February 2006 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Solaris 10 Operating System Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Solaris 10 Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Access: Remote/Unauthenticated Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102186-1 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Sun(sm) Alert Notification * Sun Alert ID: 102186 * Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in the in.rexecd(1M) Daemon on Kerberos Systems * Category: Security * Product: Solaris 10 Operating System * BugIDs: 6371429 * Avoidance: Patch, Workaround * State: Resolved * Date Released: 14-Feb-2006 * Date Closed: 14-Feb-2006 * Date Modified: 1. Impact An unprivileged local user may be able to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on Kerberos systems due to a security vulnerability in the in.rexecd(1M) daemon. 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 without patch 120329-02 x86 Platform * Solaris 10 without patch 120330-02 Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not affected by this issue. Note 2: This issue only affects systems with the in.rexecd(1M) service enabled. To determine if a system has the in.rexecd(1M) service enabled, the svcs(1) command can be run as follows: $ svcs svc:/network/rexec:default STATE STIME FMRI online Jan_27 svc:/network/rexec:default By default, the in.rexecd(1M) service is disabled on Solaris systems. Note 3: This issue only affects systems which are configured to reference pam_krb5(5) in their pam.conf(4) file for the "other" column which is typically done as part of configuring a Kerberos client. To determine if pam_krb5(5) is configured for the "other" service in the "/etc/pam.conf" file the following command can be run: $ egrep "^other.*krb5" /etc/pam.conf || echo "Not impacted." other auth sufficient pam_krb5.so.1 3. Symptoms There are no reliable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privilege on a host. 4. Relief/Workaround Until patches can be applied, sites may wish to disable the in.rexecd(1M) service using the svcadm(1M) command. For example: # svcadm disable svc:/network/rexec:default The service can be re-enabled using svcadm(1M) using the same command syntax as above except with "enable" in place of "disable". 5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 with patch 120329-02 or later x86 Platform * Solaris 10 with patch 120330-02 or later This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. 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