Multiple OpenSSH/OpenSSL Vulnerabilities on IRIX

From: SGI Security Coordinator (agent99_at_sgi.com)
Date: 09/30/03

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                               SGI Security Advisory

      Title : Multiple OpenSSH/OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
      Number : 20030904-01-P
      Date : September 30, 2003
      Reference : CERT CA-2003-24
      Reference : CVE CAN-2003-0693 CAN-2003-0695 CAN-2003-0682 (OpenSSH)
      Reference : CVE CAN-2003-0786 CAN-2003-0787 (PAM and OpenSSH)
      Reference : CVE CAN-2003-0543 CAN-2003-0544 CAN-2003-0545 (OpenSSL)
      Reference : SGI BUGs 900744 899663 (OpenSSH)
      Reference : SGI BUGs 900564 (OpenSSL)
      Fixed in : New OpenSSH/OpenSSL packages from IRIX 6.5.22
    ______________________________________________________________________________

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    - -----------------------
    - --- Issue Specifics ---
    - -----------------------

    It has been reported that OpenSSH/OpenSSL that ships with IRIX has several
    security vulnerabilities that may lead to root access on vulnerable systems.

    1) buffer.c vulnerability fixed in OpenSSH 3.7 (CAN-2003-0693)
        http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106373247528528&w=2
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0693

    2) More buffer management vulnerabilities fixed in OpenSSH 3.7.1 (CAN-2003-0695)
        http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv
        http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-24.html
        http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/333628
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0695

    3) Openwall's "memory" security fixes to OpenSSH 3.7.1 (CAN-2003-0682)
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0682

    4) ssh-keysign cores dump on IRIX (SGI BUG 899663)

    5) Multiple OpenSSL vulnerabilities in ASN.1 parsing
        http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030930.txt
        http://www.uniras.gov.uk/vuls/2003/006489/openssl.htm
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0543
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0544
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0545

    Please note that the OpenSSH which ships with IRIX is NOT vulnerable
    to the two recent PAM vulnerabilities found in portable OpenSSH 3.7/3.7.1:
        http://www.openssh.com/txt/sshpam.adv
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0786
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0787

        * However, the Freeware OpenSSH from http://freeware.sgi.com/
        is PAM enabled and possibly vulnerable to these issues.

    SGI 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.

    These vulnerabilities have been corrected in future releases of OpenSSH
    and OpenSSL for IRIX.

    - --------------
    - --- Impact ---
    - --------------

    OpenSSH client is installed by default on IRIX 6.5.19 and above. OpenSSH
    server is provided on IRIX 6.5.19 and above, but not installed by default.
    OpenSSL libraries are installed by default on IRIX 6.5.19 and above

    To determine the version of OpenSSH you are running, execute the
    following command:

      % versions -b openssh openssl

    This will return a result similar to the following output:

     I = Installed, R = Removed

      Name Date Description
    I openssh 09/16/2003 OpenSSH server and client tools, 3.6.1p2
    I openssl 09/16/2003 openssl libraries, 0.9.7b

    If the output is similar to the above, then OpenSSH/OpenSSL are installed
    and the system may be vulnerable unless patched.

    - ----------------------------
    - --- Temporary Workaround ---
    - ----------------------------

    There is no effective workaround available for these vulnerabilities.
    SGI recommends upgrading OpenSSH and OpenSSL

    - ----------------
    - --- Solution ---
    - ----------------

    SGI has provided new OpenSSH/OpenSSL packages for these vulnerabilities.

    This OpenSSH 3.6.1p2 package has the fixes backported from OpenSSH 3.7.1p2:
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5.22/openssh.tardist

    This OpenSSL 0.9.7b package has the fixes backported from OpenSSL 0.9.7c:
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/6.5.22/openssl.tardist

    The MD5 checksum for these packages are:
    ae84674cd118671feba4ae4dfe2c8718 openssh.tardist
    3dd6dcdc543d179137c1d5d69b1696e8 openssl.tardist
    An MD5 checksum tool called md5sum can be found on http://freeware.sgi.com/

    Our recommendation is to update both OpenSSH and OpenSSL packages, as they
    are a matched set. Both packages are from IRIX 6.5.22 Applications CD and
    can be installed on IRIX 6.5.19 and above.

    SGI Freeware team has also provided an updated OpenSSH 3.7.1p2 package
    available from http://freeware.sgi.com/Dist/fw_openssh-3.7.1p2.tardist
    Freeware is not supported by SGI.

    - ------------------------
    - --- Acknowledgments ----
    - ------------------------

    SGI wishes to thank OpenSSH.org, OpenSSL.org, Openwall, WM-data and UNIRAS
    for their assistance in this matter.

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