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- Security Bulletin 9312 DISA Defense Communications System
- June 16, 1993 Published by: DDN Security Coordination Center
- (SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL) 1-(800) 365-3642
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- CA-93:09 CERT Advisory
- June 11, 1993
- SunOS/Solaris /usr/lib/expreserve Vulnerability
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- The CERT Coordination Center has received information concerning a
- vulnerability in /usr/lib/expreserve in Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun)
- operating system (SunOS). This vulnerability affects all sun3 and sun4
- architectures and supported versions of SunOS including 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2,
- 4.1.3, Solaris 2.1 (SunOS 5.1), and Solaris 2.2 (SunOS 5.2).
- This problem has become widely known and CERT recommends that sites
- take action to address this vulnerability as soon as possible.
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- Sun has produced a patch for SunOS 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.1.3 addressing
- this vulnerability for sun3 and sun4 architectures. Sun is developing a
- patch for SunOS 5.x/Solaris 2.x systems and it will be released as soon as
- testing is complete. A workaround is provided below that can be used on
- all systems, including Solaris, until a patch is available and installed.
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- The patch can be obtained from local Sun Answer Centers worldwide as
- well as through anonymous FTP from the ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) system
- in the /systems/sun/sun-dist directory. In Europe, this patch is
- available from mcsun.eu.net (192.16.202.1) in the /sun/fixes directory.
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- Patch ID Filename Checksum
- 101080-1 101080-1.tar.Z 45221 13
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- Please note that Sun sometimes updates patch files. If you find that
- the checksum is different please contact Sun or CERT for verification.
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- I. Description
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- Expreserve is a utility that preserves the state of a file being
- edited by vi(1) or ex(1) when an edit session terminates abnormally
- or when the system crashes. A vulnerability exists that allows
- users to overwrite any file on the system.
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- II. Impact
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- It is possible to gain root privileges using this vulnerability.
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- III. Solution
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- A. If you are running SunOS 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, or 4.1.3, obtain and
- install the patch according to the instructions included with
- the patch.
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- B. If you are running Solaris install the following workaround.
- This workaround will disable expreserve functionality.
- The result of this workaround is that if vi(1) or ex(1) is running,
- and the sessions are interrupted, the files being edited will not
- be preserved and all edits not explicitly saved by the user will
- be lost. Users should be encouraged to save their files often.
-
- As root, remove the execute permissions on the existing
- /usr/lib/expreserve program:
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- # /usr/bin/chmod a-x /usr/lib/expreserve
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- The CERT Coordination Center wishes to thank Christopher Lott of
- Universitaet Kaiserslautern for reporting this vulnerability,
- and Sun Microsystems, Inc. for their response to this problem.
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- If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact the CERT
- Coordination Center or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident
- Response and Security Teams).
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- Internet E-mail: cert@cert.org
- Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
- CERT personnel answer 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
- and are on call for emergencies during other hours.
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- CERT Coordination Center
- Software Engineering Institute
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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- Past advisories, information about FIRST representatives, and other
- information related to computer security are available for anonymous FTP
- from cert.org (192.88.209.5).
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