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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2006.0144 -- [Solaris]
Security Vulnerability in the hsfs(7FS) File System
27 February 2006
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris 10 and prior
Impact: Root Compromise
Denial of Service
Access: Existing Account
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102161-1
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 102161
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in the hsfs(7FS) File System
* Category: Security
* Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
Solaris 8 Operating System
* BugIDs: 6244328
* Avoidance: Patch, Workaround
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 24-Feb-2006
* Date Closed: 24-Feb-2006
* Date Modified:
1. Impact
A security vulnerability in the Solaris file system driver for
hsfs(7FS) file systems may allow local unprivileged users the
ability to panic the system, creating a Denial of Service (DoS)
condition, and/or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 8 without patch 109764-06
* Solaris 9 without patch 116047-03
* Solaris 10 without patch 119596-03
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 without patch 109765-06
* Solaris 9 without patch 121995-01
* Solaris 10 without patch 118813-03
3. Symptoms
If the described issue occurs, the system will panic with BAD TRAPs at
various locations in the hsfs(7FS) module. There are many potential
stack traces, but the most frequent panic has a stack trace similar to
the following:
<trap>genunix:segmap_getmapflt+0x30([ ... ])
genunix:fbread+0x60([ ... ])
hsfs:hs_dirlook+0x1e0()
hsfs:hsfs_lookup([ ... ])
genunix:lookuppnvp+0x2ac([ ... ])
genunix:lookuppnat+0x124([ ... ])
genunix:lookupnameat+0xb0([ ... ])
genunix:lookupname([ ... ])
genunix:chdir+0x14([ ... ])
unix:syscall_trap32+0xa8()
Note: The above example is only one of several failure modes (the most
pervasive)that may be seen.
4. Relief/Workaround
To work around the described issue, sites may choose to disable the
use of CDROM media by removing the references to the hsfs(7FS) file
system from "/etc/vold.conf" and commenting out the lines in
"/etc/rmmount.conf" referring to the hsfs(7FS) file system.
To identify the references to the hsfs(7FS) file system, the following
command can be run:
$ grep hsfs /etc/vold.conf /etc/rmmount.conf
/etc/vold.conf:unsafe ufs hsfs pcfs udfs
/etc/rmmount.conf:ident hsfs ident_hsfs.so cdrom
/etc/rmmount.conf:mount * hsfs udfs ufs -o nosuid
To disallow CDROM access for unprivileged users, do the following:
Replace the lines:
/etc/vold.conf:unsafe ufs hsfs pcfs udfs
/etc/rmmount.conf:ident hsfs ident_hsfs.so cdrom
/etc/rmmount.conf:mount * hsfs udfs ufs -o nosuid
With:
/etc/vold.conf:unsafe ufs pcfs udfs
/etc/rmmount.conf:#ident hsfs ident_hsfs.so cdrom
/etc/rmmount.conf:#mount * hsfs udfs ufs -o nosuid
Note: The example shown above is on an unmodified Solaris 9 system.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 109764-06 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 116047-03 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 119596-03 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 109765-06 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 121995-01 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 118813-03 or later
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