From agent99@boytoy.csd.sgi.com Fri May 29 01:44:10 1998 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: agent99@sgi.com Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 15:27:12 -0700 Subject: IRIX 6.4 diskperf/diskalign Vulnerabilities DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS - NONE - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Advisory Title: IRIX 6.4 diskperf/diskalign Vulnerabilities Number: 19980502-01-P3030 Date: May 27, 1998 ______________________________________________________________________________ Silicon Graphics provides this information freely to the SGI user community for its consideration, interpretation, implementation and use. Silicon Graphics recommends that this information be acted upon as soon as possible. Silicon Graphics 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 Silicon Graphics 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 --- - ------------------------ IRIX 6.4 Patch 2291 and its successors introduced several new tools for the Digital Media Community. Two of these new tools introduced are diskalign(1) and diskperf(1) which are used to assist in configuring IRIX for data streaming applications, like uncompressed digital video, to/from an XLV volume set of stripped disks. Unfortunately, a security hole was discovered that allows diskalign(1) and diskperf(1) to create arbitrary root-owned files which can lead to a root compromise. Silicon Graphics Inc. 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. This issue will be corrected in future releases of IRIX. - --------------- - ---- Impact --- - --------------- The diskalign(1)/diskperf(1) programs are installed by default from the January Recommended/Required Patch Set for IRIX 6.4. Patch 2291 and 2848 are vulnerable to this exploit. A user account on the vulnerable system is required in order to exploit diskalign(1)/diskperf(1) locally and remotely. This vulnerability has been publically discussed in Usenet newsgroups and mailing lists. - --------------------------- - ---- Temporary Solution --- - --------------------------- Although patches are available for this issue, it is realized that there may be situations where installing the patches immediately may not be possible. The steps below can be used to remove the vulnerability by removing the setuid permissions of the diskalign(1)/diskperf(1) programs. 1) Become the root user on the system. % /bin/su - Password: # 2) Verify the vulnerable diskalign(1)/diskperf(1) programs are installed. Only patch 2291 and 2848 are vulnerable. # versions -b patchSG0002291 patchSG0002848 I = Installed, R = Removed Name Date Description I patchSG0002291 02/02/98 Patch SG0002291: rollup for platform independent dmedia I patchSG0002848 03/04/98 Patch SG0002848: rollup for platform independent dmedia 3) Change the permissions on the vulnerable diskalign(1)/diskperf(1) programs. # /bin/chmod 500 /usr/sbin/diskalign # /bin/chmod 500 /usr/sbin/diskperf ************ *** NOTE *** ************ Removing the permissions from the vulnerable program will prevent non-root users from accessing diskalign(1)/diskperf(1). 4) Verify the new permissions on the program. Note that the program size may be different depending on release. # ls -al /usr/sbin/diskalign /usr/sbin/diskperf -r-x------ 1 root sys 17756 Mar 4 14:02 diskalign -r-x------ 1 root sys 42424 Mar 4 14:02 diskperf 5) Return to previous user level. # exit $ - ----------------- - ---- Solution --- - ----------------- OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions ---------- ----------- ------- ------------- IRIX 3.x no IRIX 4.x no IRIX 5.0.x no IRIX 5.1.x no IRIX 5.2 no IRIX 5.3 no IRIX 6.0.x no IRIX 6.1 no IRIX 6.2 no IRIX 6.3 no IRIX 6.4 yes 3030 Patches are available via anonymous FTP and your service/support provider. The SGI anonymous FTP site is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1) or its mirror, ftp.sgi.com. Security information and patches can be found in the ~ftp/security and ~ftp/patches directories, respectfully. ##### Patch File Checksums #### The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files: Filename: README.patch.3030 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 05597 34 README.patch.3030 Algorithm #2 (sum): 21922 34 README.patch.3030 MD5 checksum: DD5ABFFEAEAF479FEFF1FE0FB6DD9C0D Filename: patch3030.chksums.only Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 06000 4 patch3030.chksums.only Algorithm #2 (sum): 45369 4 patch3030.chksums.only MD5 checksum: 7D994C28C59CCF796F6FC5E7C8E44D65 Filename: patch3030.pgp.and.chksums Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 39517 11 patch3030.pgp.and.chksums Algorithm #2 (sum): 12406 11 patch3030.pgp.and.chksums MD5 checksum: 503702949B44D83249E2C27747F3E411 Filename: patchSG0003030 Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 57797 20 patchSG0003030 Algorithm #2 (sum): 41233 20 patchSG0003030 MD5 checksum: D9CDFB195EB0EF3928AE5752E62817A8 Filename: patchSG0003030.desktop_eoe_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 32697 48 patchSG0003030.desktop_eoe_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 25898 48 patchSG0003030.desktop_eoe_sw MD5 checksum: 55CB2D9182FE8CE45F240DFFC2D10342 Filename: patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_man Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 26486 51 patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_man Algorithm #2 (sum): 26722 51 patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_man MD5 checksum: 700D287F5A02173EFD68B34E7434AF68 Filename: patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_src Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 57124 209 patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_src Algorithm #2 (sum): 35449 209 patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_src MD5 checksum: DC07141CDF0A989A3D7CAA8C2BA5FBD6 Filename: patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 40323 4971 patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 39176 4971 patchSG0003030.dmedia_dev_sw MD5 checksum: B52C5EC6B0822EEFBB11DBEA1589D12A Filename: patchSG0003030.dmedia_eoe_man Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 12852 125 patchSG0003030.dmedia_eoe_man Algorithm #2 (sum): 63193 125 patchSG0003030.dmedia_eoe_man MD5 checksum: 8909E51934CDCF28058B54FDE17FD1AB Filename: patchSG0003030.dmedia_eoe_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 06229 12946 patchSG0003030.dmedia_eoe_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 28437 12946 patchSG0003030.dmedia_eoe_sw MD5 checksum: 7D33CFF002A66B6A1C1A9914F4C01A48 Filename: patchSG0003030.eoe_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 65347 227 patchSG0003030.eoe_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 16579 227 patchSG0003030.eoe_sw MD5 checksum: 08AC9BE254FAEB7E7880EA32B2FA3D3E Filename: patchSG0003030.idb Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 33473 42 patchSG0003030.idb Algorithm #2 (sum): 8655 42 patchSG0003030.idb MD5 checksum: 3BFC27BA00AEE38686FA0961240F1F23 Filename: patchSG0003030.sysadmdesktop_sw Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 16622 27 patchSG0003030.sysadmdesktop_sw Algorithm #2 (sum): 52053 27 patchSG0003030.sysadmdesktop_sw MD5 checksum: 8837A995D8439365442BF8E95188236D - ------------------------- - ---- Acknowledgments --- - ------------------------- Silicon Graphics wishes to thank AUSCERT for their assistance in this matter. - ------------------------------------------------------------ - ---- Silicon Graphics Inc. 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