From security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 13:42:30 2000 From: FreeBSD Security Officer , FreeBSD Security Officer Resent-From: mea culpa To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Resent-To: jericho@attrition.org Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 12:15:12 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: postmaster@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-00:16.golddig -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:16 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: golddig port allows users to overwrite local files Category: ports Module: golddig Announced: 2000-05-09 Credits: Discovered during internal ports collection auditing. Affects: Ports collection. Corrected: 2000-04-30 Vendor status: Email bounced. FreeBSD only: NO I. Background Golddig is an X11 game provided as part of the FreeBSD ports collection. II. Problem Description The golddig port erroneously installs a level-creation utility setuid root, which allows users to overwrite the contents of arbitrary local files. It is not believed that any elevation of privileges is possible with this vulnerability because the contents of the file are a textual representation of a golddig game level which is highly constrained. The golddig port is not installed by default, nor is it "part of FreeBSD" as such: it is part of the FreeBSD ports collection, which contains over 3200 third-party applications in a ready-to-install format. The ports collection shipped with FreeBSD 4.0 contains this problem since it was discovered after the release. FreeBSD makes no claim about the security of these third-party applications, although an effort is underway to provide a security audit of the most security-critical ports. III. Impact An unprivileged local user can overwrite the contents of any file, although they are restricted in the possible contents of the new file. If you have not chosen to install the golddig port/package, then your system is not vulnerable to this problem. IV. Workaround One of the following: 1) Deinstall the golddig port/package, if you you have installed it. 2) Remove the setuid bit from /usr/local/bin/makelev. This will mean unprivileged users cannot create or modify golddig levels except in their own directories. V. Solution One of the following: 1) Upgrade your entire ports collection and rebuild the golddig port. 2) Reinstall a new package dated after the correction date, obtained from: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/games/golddig-2.0.tgz ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/games/golddig-2.0.tgz ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-4-stable/games/golddig-2.0.tgz ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/games/golddig-2.0.tgz ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-5-current/games/golddig-2.0.tgz Note: it may be several days before the updated packages are available. 3) download a new port skeleton for the golddig port from: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ and use it to rebuild the port. 4) Use the portcheckout utility to automate option (3) above. The portcheckout port is available in /usr/ports/devel/portcheckout or the package can be obtained from: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/devel/portcheckout-1.0.tgz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBORhjV1UuHi5z0oilAQHa4AP8D5QZo+zNieNemPMfMW77JIxsHtCHCg+M MEG6CkJ6QOZlwJ8Mav1ExMyQywWncccgkazBFyK2KG5rAqpxX4KMZ+C3zfysTraS cHVCVBw73yx0t53/FnvoR3yqtI+GdmhPaw9X3icCtp9st3hiSMF759yPqOUKBbIu JFgdfAuXaqs= =Pxca -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security-notifications" in the body of the message