From agent99@sgi.com Wed May 1 04:33:30 2002 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: agent99@sgi.com Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:31:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: IRIX pmcd Denial of Service vulnerability -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- _____________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title: pmcd Denial of Service vulnerability Number: 20020407-01-I Date: April 30, 2002 Reference: CAN-2000-1193 ______________________________________________________________________________ - ----------------------- - --- Issue Specifics --- - ----------------------- It's been reported that it is possible to feed certain parameters to the /usr/etc/pmcd daemon that will make it grow in size to the point where a Denial of Service attack can be created. SGI has investigated the issue and recommends the following steps for neutralizing the exposure. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that these measures be implemented on ALL vulnerable SGI systems. These issues have been corrected in IRIX 6.5.11 and later versions. - -------------- - --- Impact --- - -------------- The pmcd daemon is part of SGI's Performance Co-Pilot suite of performance monitoring tools. This is an optional product and is not installed by default, but is supplied with the base OS. To see if pmcd is installed, execute the following command: % versions pcp_eoe I = Installed, R = Removed Name Date Description I pcp_eoe 01/22/2002 Performance Co-Pilot Execution Only Environment, 6.5.15f I pcp_eoe.man 01/22/2002 PCP EOE Documentation, 6.5.15f I pcp_eoe.man.relnotes 01/22/2002 PCP EOE Release Notes, 6.5.15f I pcp_eoe.sw 01/22/2002 PCP EOE Software, 6.5.15f I pcp_eoe.sw.eoe 01/22/2002 PCP EOE, 6.5.15f If the output looks similar to the above, then Performance Co-Pilot is installed, and you are vulnerable if the version shown is earlier than 6.5.11. This vulnerability may be exploited by a remote user, no local account is required. This vulnerability has been fixed in IRIX 6.5.11 and later versions. This vulnerability was assigned the following CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2000-1193 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/4284.php - ---------------------------- - --- Temporary Workaround --- - ---------------------------- If you don't use the Performance Co-Pilot software, it can be uninstalled using the command: # versions remove pcp_eoe If you use the software, then SGI recommends upgrading to IRIX 6.5.11 or a later version. - ---------------- - --- Solution --- - ---------------- SGI has not provided patches for this vulnerability. Our recommendation is to upgrade to IRIX 6.5.11 or a later version. OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions ---------- ----------- ------- ------------- IRIX 3.x unknown Note 1 IRIX 4.x unknown Note 1 IRIX 5.x unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.0.x unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.1 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.2 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.3 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.4 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.1 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.2 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.3 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.4 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.5 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.6 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.7 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.8 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.9 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.10 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.11 no IRIX 6.5.12 no IRIX 6.5.13 no IRIX 6.5.14 no IRIX 6.5.15 no IRIX 6.5.16 no NOTES 1) This version of the IRIX operating has been retired. Upgrade to an actively supported IRIX operating system. See http://support.sgi.com/irix/news/index.html#policy for more information. 2) If you have not received an IRIX 6.5.X CD for IRIX 6.5, contact your SGI Support Provider or URL: http://support.sgi.com/irix/swupdates/ 3) Upgrade to IRIX 6.5.11 or a later version of IRIX. - ------------------------ - --- Acknowledgments ---- - ------------------------ SGI wishes to thank Marcelo Magnasco, ISS, FIRST and the users of the Internet Community at large for their assistance in this matter. - ------------- - --- Links --- - ------------- SGI Security Advisories can be found at: http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/ SGI Security Patches can be found at: http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/ SGI patches for IRIX can be found at the following patch servers: http://support.sgi.com/irix/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/ SGI freeware updates for IRIX can be found at: http://freeware.sgi.com/ SGI fixes for SGI open sourced code can be found on: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/ SGI patches and RPMs for Linux can be found at: http://support.sgi.com/linux/ or http://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgilinux-combined/download/security-fixes/ SGI patches for Windows NT or 2000 can be found at: http://support.sgi.com/nt/ IRIX 5.2-6.4 Recommended/Required Patch Sets can be found at: http://support.sgi.com/irix/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/patchset/ IRIX 6.5 Maintenance Release Streams can be found at: http://support.sgi.com/colls/patches/tools/relstream/index.html IRIX 6.5 Software Update CDs can be obtained from: http://support.sgi.com/irix/swupdates/ The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security advisories and patches is patches.sgi.com (216.32.174.211). 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