From agent99@CSD.SGI.COM Mon Jul 10 02:28:57 2000 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 14:57:18 -0700 Reply-To: agent99@sgi.com Subject: Vulnerability in infosrch.cgi DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS - NONE - FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title: Vulnerability in infosrch.cgi Number: 20000501-01-P Date: May 22, 2000 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 --- - ----------------------- The Infosearch(1) subsystem is used to search and browse virtually all SGI on-line documentation. The infosrch.cgi(1) is a program that allows access to infosearch(1) through a default installed HTTP web server on port 80. Unfortunately, a vulnerability has been discovered in infosrch.cgi(1) which could allow any remote user to view files on the vulnerable system with privileges of the user "nobody". 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. This issue has been corrected in future releases of IRIX. - -------------- - --- Impact --- - -------------- The infosrch.cgi(1) program is installed by default on IRIX. A local account is not required to exploit this vulnerability. This vulnerability can be utilized to view files on the local system with the user privileges of "nobody". This vulnerability has been publicly 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 disable the infosrch.cgi(1) program to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability until patches can be installed. 1) Become the root user on the system. % /bin/su - Password: # 2) Change the permissions on the infosrch.cgi(1) program. ================= **** WARNING **** ================= Removing the permissions from the infosrch.cgi(1) program will prevent non-root users from using the Infosearch subsystem through the HTTP web server. # /bin/chmod 500 /usr/lib/infosearch/bin/infosrch.cgi 3) Return to previous level. # exit % - ---------------- - --- Solution --- - ---------------- OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions ---------- ----------- ------- ------------- IRIX 3.x not tested Note 1 IRIX 4.x not tested Note 1 IRIX 5.X not tested Note 1 IRIX 6.0.x-6.1 not tested Note 1 IRIX 6.2 no Note 2 IRIX 6.3-6.4 not tested Note 1 IRIX 6.5-6.5.7 yes 6.5.8 Note 3 & 4 IRIX 6.5.8 no Note 4 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) This version of the IRIX operating system is in maintenance mode. Upgrade to an actively supported IRIX operating system. See http://support.sgi.com/irix/news/index.html#policy for more information. 3) See "Temporary Solution" section. 4) If you have not received the IRIX 6.5.8 CDs for IRIX 6.5, contact your SGI Support Provider or download the IRIX 6.5.8 Maintenance Release Stream from http://support.sgi.com/ or ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/relstream/ Patches are available via the web, anonymous FTP and from your SGI service/support provider. IRIX 5.2-6.4 Recommended/Required Patch Sets can be found at: http://support.sgi.com/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/patchset/ IRIX 6.5 Maintenance Release Streams can be found at: http://support.sgi.com/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/relstream/ IRIX Security Patchsets can be found at: http://www.sgi.com/Support/security/ and ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/patches/ The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security information and patches is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1). 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