From ciac@rumpole.llnl.gov Fri Mar 31 03:58:34 2000 From: CIAC Mail User Resent-From: mea culpa To: ciac-bulletin@rumpole.llnl.gov Resent-To: jericho@attrition.org Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:51:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: CIAC Bulletin K-030: SGI - Vulnerability in the objectserver daemon [ For Public Release ] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- __________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN SGI - Vulnerability in the objectserver daemon March 29, 2000 18:00 GMT Number K-030 ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A vulnerability exists in the objectserver daemon that may lead to the creation of non-privileged user accounts. PLATFORM: IRIX versions 5.3 and 6.2. IRIX versions 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2, 6.0.x, and 6.1 have not been tested and should be considered vulnerable. DAMAGE: Non-privileged user accounts may be created on a system. A local user account does not need to exist to accomplish this exploit. This vulnerability may also be exploited remotely. SOLUTION: Load the patches specified for IRIX 5.3 and 6.2. For IRIX 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2, 6.0.x, and 6.1 follow the instructions in the "Temporary Solution" section. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is medium. 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