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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0167 -- [UNIX/Linux][FreeBSD]
sendfile(2) write-only file permission bypass
15 February 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: sendfile
Publisher: FreeBSD
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
FreeBSD
Impact: Access Confidential Data
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2008-0777
Original Bulletin:
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than FreeBSD. It is recommended that administrators
running sendfile check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
Revision History: February 15 2008: Corrected Origional Bulletin
February 15 2008: Initial Release
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FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile Security Advisory
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: sendfile(2) write-only file permission bypass
Category: core
Module: sys_kern
Announced: 2008-02-14
Credits: Kostik Belousov
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD
Corrected: 2008-02-14 11:45:00 UTC (RELENG_7, 7.0-PRERELEASE)
2008-02-14 11:45:41 UTC (RELENG_7_0, 7.0-RELEASE)
2008-02-14 11:46:08 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.3-STABLE)
2008-02-14 11:46:41 UTC (RELENG_6_3, 6.3-RELEASE-p1)
2008-02-14 11:47:06 UTC (RELENG_6_2, 6.2-RELEASE-p11)
2008-02-14 11:47:39 UTC (RELENG_6_1, 6.1-RELEASE-p23)
2008-02-14 11:49:39 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.5-STABLE)
2008-02-14 11:50:28 UTC (RELENG_5_5, 5.5-RELEASE-p19)
CVE Name: CVE-2008-0777
For general information regarding FreeBSD Security Advisories,
including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the
following sections, please visit <URL:http://security.FreeBSD.org/>.
I. Background
The sendfile(2) system call allows a server application (such as a
HTTP or FTP server) to transmit the contents of a file over a network
connection without first copying it to application memory. High
performance servers such as the Apache HTTP Server and ftpd use sendfile.
II. Problem Description
When a process opens a file (and other file system objects, such as
directories), it specifies access flags indicating its intent to read,
write, or perform other operations. These flags are checked against
file system permissions, and then stored in the resulting file
descriptor to validate future operations against.
The sendfile(2) system call does not check the file descriptor access
flags before sending data from a file.
III. Impact
If a file is write-only, a user process can open the file and use
sendfile to send the content of the file over a socket, even though the
user does not have read access to the file, resulting in possible
disclosure of sensitive information.
IV. Workaround
No workaround is available, but systems are only vulnerable if
write-only files exist, which are not widely used.
V. Solution
Perform one of the following:
1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 5-STABLE, 6-STABLE, or
7.0-PRERELEASE, or to the RELENG_7_0, RELENG_6_3, RELENG_6_2,
RELENG_6_1, or RELENG_5_5 security branch dated after the correction
date.
2) To patch your present system:
The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1,
6.2, 6.3, and 7.0 systems.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
[FreeBSD 6.2, 6.3, and 7.0]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-08:03/sendfile.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-08:03/sendfile.patch.asc
[FreeBSD 6.1]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-08:03/sendfile61.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-08:03/sendfile61.patch.asc
[FreeBSD 5.5]
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-08:03/sendfile55.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-08:03/sendfile55.patch.asc
b) Apply the patch.
# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch
c) Recompile your kernel as described in
<URL:http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the
system.
VI. Correction details
The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was
corrected in FreeBSD.
Branch Revision
Path
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RELENG_5
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.243.2.11
RELENG_5_5
src/UPDATING 1.342.2.35.2.20
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.62.2.21.2.21
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.243.2.9.2.1
RELENG_6
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.279.2.16
src/sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c 1.221.2.5
RELENG_6_3
src/UPDATING 1.416.2.37.2.5
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.69.2.15.2.4
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.279.2.15.2.1
src/sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c 1.221.2.4.4.1
RELENG_6_2
src/UPDATING 1.416.2.29.2.15
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.69.2.13.2.14
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.279.2.9.2.1
src/sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c 1.221.2.4.2.1
RELENG_6_1
src/UPDATING 1.416.2.22.2.26
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.69.2.11.2.25
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.279.2.6.2.1
src/sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c 1.221.2.1.2.1
RELENG_7
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.313.2.1
src/sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c 1.259.2.2
RELENG_7_0
src/UPDATING 1.507.2.3.2.3
src/sys/kern/kern_descrip.c 1.313.4.1
src/sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c 1.259.4.2
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VII. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0777
The latest revision of this advisory is available at
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc
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