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- CA-92:10 CERT Advisory
- May 26, 1992
- AIX crontab Vulnerability
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-
- The Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has
- received information concerning a vulnerability in crontab(1) in version 3.2
- of IBM's AIX operating system.
-
- IBM is aware of this problem and a fix is available as apar number "ix26997"
- for AIX version 3.2. The version information for the patched /usr/bin/crontab
- is shown in the following what(1) output:
-
- % what /usr/bin/crontab
- 04 1.23 com/cmd/cntl/cron/crontab.c, cmdcntl, bos320, 9218320f 4/8/92 11:50:42
- 07 1.8 com/cmd/cntl/cron/permit.c, bos, bos320 4/25/91 17:16:59
- 11 1.15 com/cmd/cntl/cron/cronsub.c, bos, bos320 8/18/91 20:42:32
- 06 1.9 com/cmd/cntl/cron/funcs.c, bos, bos320 6/8/91 21:22:40
-
- If your crontab contains older modules than the above output indicates, we
- suggest that you install the fix.
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-
- I. Description
-
- The distributed version of /usr/bin/crontab contains a security
- vulnerability.
-
-
- II. Impact
-
- Local users can gain unauthorized root access to the system.
-
-
- III. Solution
-
- The CERT/CC suggests that sites install the fix that IBM has made
- available. As an interim step, we suggests that sites prevent all
- non-root users from running /usr/bin/crontab by removing (or renaming)
- the /var/adm/cron/cron.allow and /var/adm/cron/cron.deny files.
-
- - Obtain the fix from IBM Support.
-
- 1. To order from IBM call 1-800-237-5511 and ask
- that the fix be shipped. Patches may be obtained
- outside the U.S. by contacting your local IBM
- representative.
-
- 2. If you are on the Internet, use anonymous ftp to obtain
- the fix from software.watson.ibm.com (129.34.139.5).
-
- Patch Filename Checksum
- AIX 3.2 pub/aix3/cronta.tar.Z 02324 154
-
- The patch must be retrieved using binary mode.
-
- - Install the fix following the instructions in the README file.
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- The CERT/CC would like to thank Fuat Baran of Advanced Network & Services,
- Inc. for bringing this security vulnerability to our attention and IBM for
- their quick response to this problem.
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- If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact CERT/CC or
- your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams).
-
- Internet E-mail: cert@cert.org
- Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
- CERT/CC personnel answer 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
- on call for emergencies during other hours.
-
- Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC)
- Software Engineering Institute
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
-
- 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).
-
-