SSRT2336 Security Vulnerability in XDR library (rev.3)
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Date: 02/27/03
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From: secure@cup.hp.com (Security Alert) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 14:15:33 GMT
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**REVISED 03**
Source: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0209-215
Originally issued: 09 September 2002
Last revised: 27 February 2003
SSRT2336 Security Vulnerability in XDR library
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provided that it remains complete and intact.
The information in the following Security Bulletin should be
acted upon as soon as possible. Hewlett-Packard Company will
not be liable for any consequences to any customer resulting
from customer's failure to fully implement instructions in this
Security Bulletin as soon as possible.
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PROBLEM: Potential buffer overflow in XDR library.
IMPACT: Potential unauthorized access, denial of service.
PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700 and 800 10.20, 10.24, 11.00,
11.04, 11.11, and 11.22
SOLUTION: Until patches are available manually install the
appropriate fixed libraries.
Install PHCO_27882 for 10.24.
MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - NonUpdate
Install the appropriate fixed libraries.
Install PHCO_27882 for 10.24.
Relink any archived programs that call
xdr_array().
AVAILABILITY: This bulletin will be updated when patches are
available.
CHANGE SUMMARY: Rev.01 - corrected "strings" to "strings -a"
Rev.02 - added 10.24 and 11.04, also added libc.1
for 11.00, 11.11, and 11.22.
Rev.03 - corrected scripts
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A. Background
CERT Advisory CA-2002-25 reports an integer overflow in
certain implementations of XDR libraries. Libraries supplied
with HP-UX 10.20, 10.24, 11,00, 11.04, 11.11, and 11.22 are
potentially vulnerable.
In addition, cross-reference:
HP Tru64 UNIX: Case id: SSRT2309 rpc XDR_ARRAY
A solution is available as noted in the recent
security bulletin SSSRT2275 at
http://thenew.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html
Use the SEARCH IN feature box, enter SSRT2275 in the
search window.
B. Recommended solution
Until patches are released download and manually install
the appropriate libraries.
Note: It will be necessary to relink any programs that
call xdr_array() and are linked with archived libraries.
There are no known programs supplied by HP which need to
be relinked. To test an archived program:
strings -a suspect_program | grep xdr_array:
If the command above returns "xdr_array: out of memory"
the suspect_program will need to the relinked with a
fixed library.
Download the appropriate files from:
System: hprc.external.hp.com (192.170.19.51)
Login: xdr
Password: xdr1
FTP Access: xdr1@hprc.external.hp.com/">ftp://xdr:xdr1@hprc.external.hp.com/
or: ftp://xdr:xdr1@192.170.19.51/
Note: There is an ftp defect in IE5 that may result in
a browser hang. To work around this:
- Select Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced
- Un-check the option: [ ] Enable folder view for FTP sites.
The files are:
PHCO_26152.depot.gz
libc.1.gz
libc.1.PHCO_27882.gz
libnsl.1.32_11.00.gz
libnsl.a.32_11.00.gz
libnsl.1.64_11.00.gz
libnsl.a.64_11.00.gz
libnsl.1.32_11.11.gz
libnsl.a.32_11.11.gz
libnsl.1.64_11.11.gz
libnsl.a.64_11.11.gz
libnsl.so.1.32_11.22.IA.gz
libnsl.so.1.64_11.22.IA.gz
The cksum output:
2238979170 9676800 PHCO_26152.depot
3415580416 1867776 libc.1
1011129778 1814528 libc.1.PHCO_27882
3064646304 679936 libnsl.1.32_11.00
498505157 817544 libnsl.a.32_11.00
2630827583 648296 libnsl.1.64_11.00
2205456871 1454504 libnsl.a.64_11.00
744618112 724992 libnsl.1.32_11.11
3459917079 783940 libnsl.a.32_11.11
3659675326 702416 libnsl.1.64_11.11
3120598258 1520436 libnsl.a.64_11.11
2227616066 1490048 libnsl.so.1.32_11.22.IA
3162410426 1564768 libnsl.so.1.64_11.22.IA
Note: The patches which supply the libc and libnsl
libraries require that the system be rebooted.
It would be best to carry out the manual
installation below in init state 2 followed
by a reboot. Otherwise programs which were
running when the libraries were changed would
continue to use the old version of the libraries.
Copy the appropriate files to a secure directory,
for example /. Then,
For 10.20
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Install PHCO_26152.depot:
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \
-s /PHCO_26152.depot
Any applications that use the RPC/XDR APIs in libc.a
must be relinked and restarted.
For 10.24
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Install PHCO_27882. This patch is available from
the itrc.
**REVISED 03**
For 11.00
====================================
#cd /usr/lib
#cp /libnsl.1.32_11.00 libnsl.1.new
#cp /libnsl.a.32_11.00 libnsl.a.new
#cp /libc.1 libc.1.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.1.new
#chmod 444 libnsl.a.new
#chmod 555 libc.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.a.new
#chown bin:bin libc.1.new
#mv libnsl.1 libnsl.1.orig
#mv libnsl.a libnsl.a.orig
#mv libc.1 libc.1.orig
#mv libnsl.1.new libnsl.1
#mv libnsl.a.new libnsl.a
#mv libc.1.new libc.1
#cd /usr/lib/pa20_64
#cp /libnsl.1.64_11.00 libnsl.1.new
#cp /libnsl.a.64_11.00 libnsl.a.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.1.new
#chmod 444 libnsl.a.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.a.new
#mv libnsl.1 libnsl.1.orig
#mv libnsl.a libnsl.a.orig
#mv libnsl.1.new libnsl.1
#mv libnsl.a.new libnsl.a
After this, any applications that use libnsl.1 must be
restarted. Any applications that use libnsl.a must
be relinked and restarted.
Any applications that use libc.1 must be restarted.
Rebooting is the recommended way to restart the applications
using libnsl.1 or libc.1.
**REVISED 03**
For 11.04
====================================
#cd /usr/lib
#cp /libnsl.1.32_11.00 libnsl.1.new
#cp /libnsl.a.32_11.00 libnsl.a.new
#cp /libc.1.PHCO_27882 libc.1.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.1.new
#chmod 444 libnsl.a.new
#chmod 555 libc.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.a.new
#chown bin:bin libc.1.new
#mv libnsl.1 libnsl.1.orig
#mv libnsl.a libnsl.a.orig
#mv libc.1 libc.1.orig
#mv libnsl.1.new libnsl.1
#mv libnsl.a.new libnsl.a
#mv libc.1.new libc.1
#cd /usr/lib/pa20_64
#cp /libnsl.1.64_11.00 libnsl.1.new
#cp /libnsl.a.64_11.00 libnsl.a.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.1.new
#chmod 444 libnsl.a.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.a.new
#mv libnsl.1 libnsl.1.orig
#mv libnsl.a libnsl.a.orig
#mv libnsl.1.new libnsl.1
#mv libnsl.a.new libnsl.a
After this, any applications that use libnsl.1 must be
restarted. Any applications that use libnsl.a must
be relinked and restarted.
Any applications that use libc.1 must be restarted.
Rebooting is the recommended way to restart the applications
using libnsl.1 or libc.1.
**REVISED 03**
For 11.11
====================================
#cd /usr/lib
#cp /libnsl.1.32_11.11 libnsl.1.new
#cp /libnsl.a.32_11.11 libnsl.a.new
#cp /libc.1 libc.1.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.1.new
#chmod 444 libnsl.a.new
#chmod 555 libc.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.a.new
#chown bin:bin libc.1.new
#mv libnsl.1 libnsl.1.orig
#mv libnsl.a libnsl.a.orig
#mv libc.1 libc.1.orig
#mv libnsl.1.new libnsl.1
#mv libnsl.a.new libnsl.a
#mv libc.1.new libc.1
#cd /usr/lib/pa20_64
#cp /libnsl.1.64_11.11 libnsl.1.new
#cp /libnsl.a.64_11.11 libnsl.a.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.1.new
#chmod 444 libnsl.a.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.a..new
#mv libnsl.1 libnsl.1.orig
#mv libnsl.a libnsl.a.orig
#mv libnsl.1.new libnsl.1
#mv libnsl.a.new libnsl.a
After this, any applications that use libnsl.1 must be
restarted. Any applications that use libnsl.a must
be relinked and restarted.
Any applications that use libc.1 must be restarted.
Rebooting is the recommended way to restart the applications
using libnsl.1 or libc.1.
**REVISED 03**
For 11.22 IA
====================================
#cd /usr/lib/hpux32
#cp /libnsl.so.1.32_11.22.IA libnsl.so.1.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.so.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.so.1.new
#mv libnsl.so.1 libnsl.so.1.orig
#mv libnsl.so.1.new libnsl.so.1
#cd /usr/lib
#cp /libc.1 libc.1.new
#chmod 555 libc.1.new
#chown bin:bin libc.1.new
#mv libc.1 libc.1.orig
#mv libc.1.new libc.1
#cd /usr/lib/hpux64
#cp /libnsl.so.1.64_11.22.IA libnsl.so.1.new
#chmod 555 libnsl.so.1.new
#chown bin:bin libnsl.so.1.new
#mv libnsl.so.1 libnsl.so.1.orig
#mv libnsl.so.1.new libnsl.so.1
After this, any applications that use libnsl.so.1 must be
restarted.
Rebooting is the recommended way to restart the applications
using libnsl.1 or libc.1.
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