From agent99@sgi.com Tue May 18 04:00:32 2004 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: agent99@sgi.com Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.announce, comp.security.unix, comp.sys.sgi.admin, comp.security.announce Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 16:11:02 -0700 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] IRIX 6.5.24 rpc.mountd infinte loop -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title: IRIX 6.5.24 rpc.mountd infinte loop Number: 20040503-01-P Date: May 17, 2004 Reference: SGI BUG 914056 Fixed in: Patch 5602 for 6.5.24m ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI provides this information freely to the SGI user community for its consideration, interpretation, implementation and use. SGI recommends that this information be acted upon as soon as possible. SGI provides the information in this Security Advisory on an "AS-IS" basis only, and disclaims all warranties with respect thereto, express, implied or otherwise, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall SGI be liable for any loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data or for any indirect, special, exemplary, incidental or consequential damages of any kind arising from your use of, failure to use or improper use of any of the instructions or information in this Security Advisory. _____________________________________________________________________________ - ----------------------- - --- Issue Specifics --- - ----------------------- It has been reported that under certain conditions rpc.mountd goes into infinite loop while processing some RPC requests. SGI has investigated the issue and recommends the following steps for resolving this issue. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that these measures be implemented on ALL vulnerable SGI systems. This issue has been corrected in future releases of IRIX. - -------------- - --- Impact --- - -------------- To determine the version of IRIX you are running, execute the following command: # /bin/uname -R That will return a result similar to the following: # 6.5 6.5.21f The first number ("6.5") is the release name, the second ("6.5.21f" in this case) is the extended release name. The extended release name is the "version" we refer to throughout this document. - ---------------- - --- Solution --- - ---------------- SGI has provided a series of patches for these vulnerabilities. Our recommendation is to upgrade to IRIX 6.5.25, or install the appropriate patches. 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 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.1 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.2 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.3 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.4 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.5 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.6 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.7 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.8 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.9 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.10 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.11 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.12 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.13 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.14 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.15 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.16 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.17 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.18 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.19 unknown Note 1 IRIX 6.5.20 no Note 2 IRIX 6.5.21 no Note 2 IRIX 6.5.22 no Note 2 IRIX 6.5.23 no Note 2 IRIX 6.5.24 yes 5602 Notes 2 & 3 IRIX 6.5.25 no NOTES 1) This version of the IRIX operating system is not actively supported. Upgrade to an actively supported IRIX operating system. See http://support.sgi.com/ 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/ 3) Install the required patch(es) based on your operating release. ##### Patch File Checksums #### The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files: Filename: README.patch.5602 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 51544 8 README.patch.5602 Algorithm #2 (sum): 33330 8 README.patch.5602 MD5 checksum: F990ABB4809437A9321E16013747C5A6 Filename: patchSG0005602 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 12228 1 patchSG0005602 Algorithm #2 (sum): 27872 1 patchSG0005602 MD5 checksum: 4EF421DE73035188A720D06B94270A41 Filename: patchSG0005602.idb Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 55713 1 patchSG0005602.idb Algorithm #2 (sum): 34926 1 patchSG0005602.idb MD5 checksum: D37383FE6EC95C3C6AC34BE6A4A989C9 Filename: patchSG0005602.nfs_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 54211 57 patchSG0005602.nfs_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 12747 57 patchSG0005602.nfs_sw MD5 checksum: C11B0501E607FEF19B43EC6959AFEB52 - ------------- - --- Links --- - ------------- SGI Security Advisories can be found at: http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/ Red Hat Errata: Security Alerts, Bugfixes, and Enhancements http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ SGI Advanced Linux Environment security updates can found on: ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/ SGI patches can be found at the following patch servers: http://support.sgi.com/ The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security advisories and security patches is ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/ - ----------------------------------------- - --- SGI Security Information/Contacts --- - ----------------------------------------- If there are questions about this document, email can be sent to security-info@sgi.com. ------oOo------ SGI provides security information and patches for use by the entire SGI community. 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