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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.1044 -- [Solaris] Security Vulnerability in Solaris IP Filter Network Address Translation (NAT) May Lead to DNS Cache Poisoning 13 November 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: ipfilter Publisher: Sun Microsystems Operating System: Solaris 10 OpenSolaris Impact: Provide Misleading Information Access: Remote/Unauthenticated Original Bulletin: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-245206-1 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Solution Type: Sun Alert Solution 245206 : Security Vulnerability in Solaris IP Filter Network Address Translation (NAT) May Lead to DNS Cache Poisoning Bug ID: 6726575, 6730614 Product Solaris 10 Operating System OpenSolaris Date of Resolved Release: 11-Nov-2008 A security vulnerability in Solaris IP Filter (ipfilter(5)): 1. Impact A security vulnerability in Solaris IP Filter (ipfilter(5)) when configured to provide Network Address Translation (NAT) service on DNS servers may allow remote unprivileged users to cause named(1M) to return incorrect addresses for Internet hosts, thereby redirecting end users to unintended hosts or services. This vulnerability annuls the fix for the DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability described in Sun Alert 239392, available at: * http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-239392-1 Sun acknowledges with thanks, CERT/CC for bringing this issue to our attention. 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 without patch 127888-11 * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_95 x86 Platform * Solaris 10 without patch 127889-11 * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv95 Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 are not impacted by this issue as they do not deliver an IPFilter Network Address Translation (NAT) service. Note 2: OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes above and beyond the build from which it was derived. To determine the base build of OpenSolaris, the following command can be used: $ uname -v snv_86 Note 3: Only OpenSolaris installations including the affected binary "/usr/sbin/sparcv9/ipnat" are impacted by this issue. Note 4: Only systems with the BIND named(1M) service enabled and using IPFilter's Network Address Translation service are impacted by this issue. To verify if BIND is running on a system, the following command can be used: $ ps -e | grep in.named && echo "BIND is running" To verify if IPFilter's Network Address Translation service is in use, the following command can be used: # ipnat -l | egrep '^map.*portmap' If there is no output from the above command, the system is not vulnerable to this issue. 3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described vulnerability has been exploited. 4. Workaround To work around this issue, it is possible to configure NAT to not change the port number for DNS traffic. This is done using a NAT rule in "/etc/ipf/ipnat.conf". If, for example, this file contains a NAT rule such as the following: map bge0 192.168.1.0/24 -> 0/32 portmap tcp/udp 5000:50000 and the DNS server is in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet, then change this rule in the configuration file to be two rules, in the following order: map bge0 from 192.168.1.0/24 to any port = 53 -> 0/32 tcp/udp map bge0 192.168.1.0/24 -> 0/32 portmap tcp/udp 5000:50000 5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following release: SPARC Platform * Solaris 10 with patch 127888-11 or later * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_96 or later x86 Platform * Solaris 10 with patch 127889-11 or later * OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_96 or later For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical Instruction ID 213557. This Sun Alert notification is being provided to you on an "AS IS" basis. This Sun Alert notification may contain information provided by third parties. The issues described in this Sun Alert notification may or may not impact your system(s). 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