From agent99@sgi.com Mon Jun 10 22:02:04 2002 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: agent99@sgi.com Cc: vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org, bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 13:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Xinet K-Talk Appletalk(tm) xkas vulnerability on IRIX -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- _____________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title: Xinet K-Talk Appletalk(tm) xkas vulnerability Number: 20020604-01-I Date: June 10, 2002 Reference: CAN-2002-0213 _____________________________________________________________________________ - ----------------------- - --- Issue Specifics --- - ----------------------- It's been reported that the Appletalk(tm) package supplied on the Applications CD with IRIX 6.5 creates a world writeable directory (/var/adm/appletalk/icons/) that can allow a malicious user to read any file on the system through the use of the xkas Appletalk administration tool. http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-01/0329.html While the version of Appletalk that is shipped with IRIX does not contain the xkas binary, circumstances do exist where this world writable directory might be exploited. 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 the Applications CD supplied with IRIX 6.5.16. - -------------- - --- Impact --- - -------------- The Appletalk package is an optional package supplied with IRIX 6.5 on the Applications CD. It is not installed by default, and is supplied as a demo package only. It is not supported by SGI. To determine the version of IRIX you are running, execute the following command: # uname -R That will return a result similar to the following: # 6.5 6.5.15f The first number ("6.5") is the release name, the second ("6.5.15f" in this case) is the extended release name. The extended release name is the "version" we refer to throughout this document. To see if Appletalk is installed, execute the following command: $ versions -b | grep appletalk I appletalk 11/05/1999 Xinet Macintosh Connectivity 9.02 If a line similar to the one shown is returned, then appletalk is installed and the system is possibly vulnerable. This vulnerability was assigned the following CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0213 - ---------------- - --- Solution --- - ---------------- Check the permissions and ownership of the /var/adm/appletalk/icons directory: $ ls -ld /var/adm/appletalk/icons If it looks like this: drwxrwxrwx 3 root sys 68 Nov 5 1999 /var/adm/appletalk/icons/ ...then you need to remove the world-writeable permissions. Execute the following commands: $ su - $ chmod o-w /var/adm/appletalk/icons $ exit Check to see that the world-writeable permissions have been removed: $ ls -ld /var/adm/appletalk/icons ...it should now look like this: drwxrwxr-x 3 root sys 68 Nov 5 1999 /var/adm/appletalk/icons/ Once the above steps have been performed, the vulnerability has been removed. It is not necessary to reboot the system after doing this. SGI has not provided patches for this vulnerability. Please follow the procedure above to secure your system. This vulnerability has been corrected on the Applications CD supplied with IRIX 6.5.16. 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 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.12 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.13 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.14 yes Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.15 yes Notes 2 & 3 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) Follow the procedure outlined above to secure your system. - ------------------------ - --- Acknowledgments ---- - ------------------------ SGI wishes to thank HACKERSLAB 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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