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- Security Bulletin 9208 DISA Defense Communications System
- 9 March 1992 Published by: DDN Security Coordination Center
- (SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL) 1-(800) 365-3642
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- DEFENSE DATA NETWORK
- SECURITY BULLETIN
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- The DDN SECURITY BULLETIN is distributed by the DDN SCC (Security
- Coordination Center) under DISA contract as a means of communicating
- information on network and host security exposures, fixes, and concerns
- to security and management personnel at DDN facilities. Back issues may
- be obtained via FTP (or Kermit) from NIC.DDN.MIL [192.112.36.5]
- using login="anonymous" and password="guest". The bulletin pathname is
- scc/ddn-security-yynn (where "yy" is the year the bulletin is issued
- and "nn" is a bulletin number, e.g. scc/ddn-security-9208).
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- CA-92:05 CERT Advisory
- March 5, 1992
- AIX REXD Daemon Vulnerability
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- The Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center (CERT/CC) has
- received information concerning a vulnerability with the rexd daemon
- in versions 3.1 and 3.2 of AIX for IBM RS/6000 machines.
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- IBM is aware of the problem and it will be fixed in future updates to
- AIX 3.1 and 3.2. Sites may call IBM Support (800-237-5511) and ask for
- the patch for apar ix21353. Patches may be obtained outside the U.S. by
- contacting your local IBM representative.
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- The fix is also provided below.
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- I. Description
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- In certain configurations, particularly if NFS is installed,
- the rexd (RPC remote program execution) daemon is enabled.
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- Note: Installing NFS with the current versions of "mknfs" will
- re-enable rexd even if it was previously disabled.
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- II. Impact
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- If a system allows rexd connections, anyone on the Internet can
- gain access to the system as a user other than root.
-
- III. Solution
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- CERT/CC and IBM recommend that sites take the following actions
- immediately. These steps should also be taken whenever "mknfs" is run.
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- 1. Be sure the rexd line in /etc/inetd.conf is commented out by
- placing a '#' at the beginning of the line:
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- #rexd sunrpc_tcp tcp wait root /usr/etc/rpc.rexd rexd 100017 1
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- 2. Refresh inetd by running the following command as root:
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- refresh -s inetd
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- The CERT/CC wishes to thank Darren Reed of the Australian National
- University for bringing this vulnerability to our attention and
- IBM for their response to the 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).
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- Internet E-mail: cert@cert.sei.cmu.edu
- 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.sei.cmu.edu (192.88.209.5).
-
- Posted-Date: Thu, 5 Mar 92 14:05:19 EST
- Received-Date: Thu, 5 Mar 92 14:03:06 EST
- Return-Path: <ecd@cert.sei.cmu.edu>
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- The point of contact for MILNET security-related incidents is the
- DDN Security Coordination Center (SCC).
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- E-mail address: SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL
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- Telephone: 1-(800)-365-3642
- NIC Help Desk personnel are available from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. EST,
- Monday through Friday except federal holidays.
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