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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2009.0261 -- [UNIX/Linux][FreeBSD]
Local privilege escalation
23 March 2009
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ktimer
Publisher: FreeBSD
Operating System: FreeBSD
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact: Root Compromise
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2009-1041
Original Bulletin:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:06.ktimer.asc
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than FreeBSD. It is recommended that administrators
running ktimer check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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FreeBSD-SA-09:06.ktimer Security Advisory
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: Local privilege escalation
Category: core
Module: kern
Announced: 2009-03-23
Affects: FreeBSD 7.x
Corrected: 2009-03-23 00:00:50 UTC (RELENG_7, 7.2-PRERELEASE)
2009-03-23 00:00:50 UTC (RELENG_7_1, 7.1-RELEASE-p4)
2009-03-23 00:00:50 UTC (RELENG_7_0, 7.0-RELEASE-p11)
CVE Name: CVE-2009-1041
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
In FreeBSD 7.0, support was introduced for per-process timers as defined
in the POSIX realtime extensions. This allows a process to have a limited
number of timers running at once, with various actions taken when each
timer reaches zero.
II. Problem Description
An integer which specifies which timer a process wishes to operate upon is
not properly bounds-checked.
III. Impact
An unprivileged process can overwrite an arbitrary location in kernel
memory. This could be used to change the user ID of the process (in order
to "become root"), to escape from a jail, or to bypass security mechanisms
in other ways.
IV. Workaround
No workaround is available, but systems without untrusted local users are
not vulnerable.
V. Solution
Perform one of the following:
1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 7-STABLE, or to the RELENG_7_1
or RELENG_7_0 security branch dated after the correction date.
2) To patch your present system:
The following patch has been verified to apply to FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1
systems.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:06/ktimer.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-09:06/ktimer.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.
CVS:
Branch Revision
Path
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RELENG_7
src/sys/kern/kern_time.c 1.142.2.3
RELENG_7_1
src/UPDATING 1.507.2.13.2.7
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.72.2.9.2.8
src/sys/kern/kern_time.c 1.142.2.2.2.2
RELENG_7_0
src/UPDATING 1.507.2.3.2.15
src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.72.2.5.2.15
src/sys/kern/kern_time.c 1.142.4.1
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Subversion:
Branch/path Revision
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stable/7/ r190301
releng/7.1/ r190301
releng/7.0/ r190301
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VII. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1041
The latest revision of this advisory is available at
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:09.ktimer.asc
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