From sco-security@caldera.com Tue Oct 16 22:39:41 2001 From: sco-security@caldera.com To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-announce@lists.securityportal.com, an=@caldera.com Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:15:06 -0700 Subject: Security Update: [CSSA-2001-SCO.28] Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: rpc.ttdbserverd format string vulnerability To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com security-announce@lists.securityportal.com announce@lists.caldera.com scoannmod@xenitec.on.ca Do not reply to this mail. This security advisory is being sent from a nonexistent address in order to avoid spam problems. Caldera's contact address for UNIX security issues is security-alert@caldera.com. ___________________________________________________________________________ Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory Subject: Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: rpc.ttdbserverd format string vulnerability Advisory number: CSSA-2001-SCO.28 Issue date: 2001 October 16 Cross reference: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Problem Description The rpc.ttdbserverd command is vulnerable to a format string attack. This could be used by an unauthorized user to gain privilege. 2. Vulnerable Versions Operating System Version Affected Files ------------------------------------------------------------------ UnixWare 7 All /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserverd Open UNIX 8.0.0 /usr/dt/bin/rpc.ttdbserverd 3. Workaround None. 4. UnixWare 7, Open UNIX 8 4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2001-SCO.28/ 4.2 Verification md5 checksums: b15a904dd742eb1263429b00fb1a1c20 erg711831.Z md5 is available for download from ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/ 4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands: # uncompress /tmp/erg711831.Z # pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711831 5. References http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/217901 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3583 This and other advisories are located at http://stage.caldera.com/support/security This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents sr851392, fz518746 and erg711831. 6. Disclaimer Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information we provide on our website and/or through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended to promote secure installation and use of Caldera International products. 7. Acknowledgements This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Mark Dowd of the ISS X-Force. ___________________________________________________________________________ [Part 2, Application/PGP-SIGNATURE 245bytes] [Unable to print this part]