From aleph1@DFW.NET Sat Sep 27 21:19:18 1997 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 16:17:57 -0500 From: Aleph One To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00154 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ________________________________________________________________________________ Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin Bulletin Number: #00154 Date: September 17, 1997 Cross-Ref: Title: libX11 ________________________________________________________________________________ Permission is granted for the redistribution of this Bulletin, so long as the Bulletin is not edited and is attributed to Sun Microsystems. Portions may also be excerpted for re-use in other security advisories so long as proper attribution is included. Any other use of this information without the express written consent of Sun Microsystems is prohibited. Sun Microsystems expressly disclaims all liability for any misuse of this information by any third party. ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Bulletins Topics Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris 2.5.1, 2.5, 2.4, 2.3, (SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3), SunOS 4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1, which relate to vulnerabilities in libX11. Sun strongly recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4 immediately on systems running SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1. Exploit information is publicly available. 2. Who is Affected Vulnerable: SunOS versions 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, 5.4_x86, 5.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1 The vulnerabilities are fixed in Solaris 2.6. 3. Understanding the Vulnerabilities libX11 is a library in the X Windows system. There are several buffers in libX11 that may be overflowed. The buffer overflow vulnerabilities may be exploited through setuid and setgid programs that link libX11 to increase privileges, including root privileges. 4. List of Patches The vulnerabilities in libX11 are fixed by the following patches: OS version Patch ID __________ ________ SunOS 5.5.1 103566-21 SunOS 5.5.1_x86 104241-03 SunOS 5.5 103210-21 SunOS 5.5_x86 104242-02 SunOS 5.4 102057-41 SunOS 5.4_x86 103185-02 SunOS 5.3 101362-51 SunOS 4.1.4 100899-03 SunOS 4.1.3_U1 100899-03 5. Checksum Table The checksum table below shows the BSD checksums (SunOS 4.1.x: /bin/sum; SunOS 5.x: /usr/ucb/sum), SVR4 checksums (SunOS 4.1.x: /usr/5bin/sum; SunOS 5.x: /usr/bin/sum), and the MD5 digital signatures for the above-mentioned patches that are available from: These checksums may not apply if you obtain patches from your answer centers. File Name BSD SVR4 MD5 _______________ _________ __________ ________________________________ 103566-21.tar.Z 58014 3555 65069 7109 9957BF7423D147E9CFAF877DF637A603 104241-03.tar.Z 11512 1450 52051 2899 C33B8EFD96A7BD22E07582E3C575669D 103210-21.tar.Z 13372 3651 11073 7301 619130609DBE46F7FFECAE89631E3A52 104242-02.tar.Z 55147 1415 30132 2830 83988AADB844139C744D3B81D4B2774F 102057-41.tar.Z 55014 2668 32935 5335 FDE4A6372ACA7CFD62F22DE4F424DEB2 103185-02.tar.Z 59698 1010 62623 2019 23B70F3AEBD6F0462053042FFC29E806 101362-51.tar.Z 26563 6475 50012 12949 B1F06E68F57745CC27328CFB88273349 100899-03.tar.Z 58461 417 51033 833 08C7D7AFFDE39C809F540BD907AA660B _______________________________________________________________________________ Sun acknowledges with thanks Marko Laakso (University of Oulu, Finland) for his assistance in the preparation of this bulletin. _______________________________________________________________________________ APPENDICES A. 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