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Silicon Graphics Inc. Security Advisory
Title: IRIX rld security vulnerability
Number: 19970504-01-PX
Date: May 28, 1997
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Silicon Graphics provides this information freely to the SGI user community
for its consideration, interpretation, implementation and use. Silicon
Graphics recommends that this information be acted upon as soon as possible.
Silicon Graphics 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.
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- --- Background ---
- ------------------
A security vulnerability has been found with the runtime linker program,
rld, distributed in IRIX 5.x and 6.x.
Silicon Graphics Inc. 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 running
IRIX 5.x and 6.x versions. This issue has been corrected in more
recent releases of IRIX and will be corrected in future releases of IRIX.
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- --- Impact ---
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With normal installation, the runtime loader comes from the
compiler_eoe.sw.unix subsystem and installs the program as /lib/rld.
The compiler_eoe.sw.unix subsystem is installed by default on all systems.
When running setuid and setgid programs, the rld program could be
manipulated to bypass existing permissions. Local non-privileged
users could gain root access.
A local account is required in order to exploit this vulnerability both
locally and remotely.
It is believed that this vulnerability information is not public
knowledge and this has afforded SGI the opportunity to fully investigate
this issue and provide the following information and solutions.
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- --- Temporary Solution ---
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Unfortunately, there are no immediate or temporary workarounds for
this issue. The issue can only be addressed with a patch.
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- --- Solution ---
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**** IRIX 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and 5.2 ****
For the IRIX operating systems versions 5.0.x, 5.1.x and 5.2, an
upgrade to 5.3 or better is required first. When the upgrade is
completed, then the patches described in the following sections
can be applied depending on the final version of the upgrade.
**** IRIX 5.3 ****
For the IRIX operating system version 5.3, an inst-able patch has
been generated and made available via anonymous FTP and your
service/support provider. The patch is number 2064 and will
install only on IRIX 5.3.
The SGI anonymous FTP site is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1) or its
mirror, ftp.sgi.com. Patch 2064 can be found in the following
directories on the FTP server:
~ftp/Security
or
~ftp/Patches/5.3
##### Checksums #####
The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files:
Filename: README.patch.2064
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 30021 10 README.patch.2064
Algorithm #2 (sum): 64614 10 README.patch.2064
MD5 checksum: DD579D28C4E03681E3DDC37FAF9AFCFF
Filename: patchSG0002064
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 24134 2 patchSG0002064
Algorithm #2 (sum): 45870 2 patchSG0002064
MD5 checksum: 1F2D5ECB6ADBDAFB6365406AA4827A12
Filename: patchSG0002064.compiler_eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 55484 1216 patchSG0002064.compiler_eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 37740 1216 patchSG0002064.compiler_eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: 1532F8A3921D9DD3AC6D50198442A67A
Filename: patchSG0002064.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 38368 2 patchSG0002064.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 48314 2 patchSG0002064.idb
MD5 checksum: DC0FA7FF3F858ED0ACC534CD2D40A3C8
**** IRIX 6.0.X ****
For the IRIX operating system version 6.0.X an upgrade to 6.2 or
better is required first. When the upgrade is completed, then the
patches described in the following sections can be applied depending
on the final version of the upgrade.
**** IRIX 6.1 ****
For the IRIX operating system version 6.1, an inst-able patch has
been generated and made available via anonymous FTP and your
service/support provider. The patch is number 2063 and will install
only on IRIX 6.1.
The SGI anonymous FTP site is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1) or its
mirror, ftp.sgi.com. Patch 2063 can be found in the following
directories on the FTP server:
~ftp/Security
or
~ftp/Patches/6.1
##### Checksums #####
The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files:
Filename: README.patch.2063
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 31314 13 README.patch.2063
Algorithm #2 (sum): 56210 13 README.patch.2063
MD5 checksum: 0E17E595A7ABC2613FF18C91467E2BDF
Filename: patchSG0002063
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 04658 3 patchSG0002063
Algorithm #2 (sum): 30916 3 patchSG0002063
MD5 checksum: 7CE1365338900953F1D7A5B1272E7A9D
Filename: patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 11620 1565 patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 20697 1565 patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: 597EC199F813C9A9A0C6BFF3E267FE9F
Filename: patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw32
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 47091 1362 patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw32
Algorithm #2 (sum): 4329 1362 patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw32
MD5 checksum: 897D631C08C82C2BE835DA7CCE6A1D19
Filename: patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw64
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 01609 1492 patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw64
Algorithm #2 (sum): 18813 1492 patchSG0002063.compiler_eoe_sw64
MD5 checksum: 1EA6F43DAB7AFD6F23BF3E9009634DF6
Filename: patchSG0002063.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 07313 3 patchSG0002063.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 35453 3 patchSG0002063.idb
MD5 checksum: C86B5B7340226153B1B76CE149056011
**** IRIX 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4 ****
For the IRIX operating system version 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4 an inst-able
patch has been generated and made available via anonymous FTP and your
service/support provider. The patch is number 2044 and will install
only on IRIX 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4.
The SGI anonymous FTP site is sgigate.sgi.com (204.94.209.1) or its
mirror, ftp.sgi.com. Patch 2044 can be found in the following
directories on the FTP server:
~ftp/Security
or
~ftp/Patches/6.2
~ftp/Patches/6.3
~ftp/Patches/6.4
##### Checksums #####
The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files:
Filename: README.patch.2044
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 65374 16 README.patch.2044
Algorithm #2 (sum): 56364 16 README.patch.2044
MD5 checksum: 107FBCD8A9724184CD94D01222812FFC
Filename: patchSG0002044
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 05889 4 patchSG0002044
Algorithm #2 (sum): 23416 4 patchSG0002044
MD5 checksum: C4AE7226F10EA100EE94F79CF026BA46
Filename: patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_hdr
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 21917 2 patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_hdr
Algorithm #2 (sum): 33214 2 patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_hdr
MD5 checksum: C98020C4E1BE50D4F3F62F57B3004671
Filename: patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 25902 2928 patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 33620 2928 patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: DF381409E88A75FC90F36C6411C0373D
Filename: patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_sw64
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 53052 1492 patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_sw64
Algorithm #2 (sum): 18816 1492 patchSG0002044.compiler_eoe_sw64
MD5 checksum: 50BF2098C4B45A8E23991A43348DD59B
Filename: patchSG0002044.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 29600 3 patchSG0002044.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 47757 3 patchSG0002044.idb
MD5 checksum: 8B986CF0C42FB8C48667DAA91C214E00
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- --- Acknowledgments ---
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Silicon Graphics wishes to thank Marko Laakso from the University of Oulu
and AUSCERT for their assistance and cooperation in this matter.
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