This was recently posted to c.s.u. - Paul "Shag" Walmsley <ccshag@everest.cclabs.missouri.edu> "The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad." - Salvador Dali ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Newsgroups: biz.sco.general,biz.sco.magazine,biz.sco.opendesktop,comp.security.unix Path: golf!wupost!ukma!xenitec!hobbes!chrisdu From: chrisdu@sco.com (Christopher Durham) Subject: SCO Advisory 94:001 at.login.prwarn.sadc.pt_chmod Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Date: Wed, 30 Nov 1994 22:17:24 GMT Message-ID: <1994Nov30.221724.23241@sco.com> Followup-To: comp.security.unix,biz.sco.general Sender: news@sco.com (News admin) Lines: 166 Xref: golf biz.sco.general:24493 biz.sco.magazine:174 biz.sco.opendesktop:4933 comp.security.unix:9190 =========================================================================== SCO Advisory 94:001 November 30th, 1994 Patches for at(C), login(M), prwarn(C), sadc(ADM), pt_chmod --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Santa Cruz Operation has been informed of the following problems present in our software. I. Description The programs at(C), login(M), prwarn(C) sadc(ADM), and pt_chmod may each allow unauthorized root access to the system. There are four unrelated issues present, one for each program listed above. II. Impact Any user with an account on the system may obtain root access using any one of the programs listed. III. Releases These problems exist on the following releases of SCO Products: SCO Unix System V/386 Release 3.2 Versions 4.2, 4.1, and 4.0 SCO Open Desktop Lite Release 3.0 SCO Open Desktop Release 3.0 and 2.0 SCO Open Server Network System Release 3.0 SCO Open Server Enterprise System Release 3.0 IV. Solution SCO is providing the following (S)ystem (S)ecurity (E)nhancements, SSEs, to address these problems. These are preliminary patches which SCO feels addresses the issues at hand, but these patches have not been fully tested and integrated and hence cannot officially be supported. Official patches should be available in the near future via a (S)upport (L)evel (S)upplement. (SLS). The README file mentioned below will be updated when an official Supplement is available. Binary Patch ------ ------ at(C) sse001 login(M) sse002 prwarn(C) sse003 sadc(ADM) sse004 pt_chmod sse005 These are available at the following sites: Anonymous ftp: ftp.sco.COM:/SSE UUCP downloading, and SOS access: sosco (USA), scolon (Europe), in the directory /usr/spool/uucppublic/SSE. Note that access to these Supplements at scolon may not be available until December 2nd, 1994. The filename conventions are as follows: ssexxx.tar.Z - compressed tar file of supplement ssexxx.ltr.Z - compressed cover letter for supplement xxx indicates the number of the supplement, i.e. sse001.tar.Z. See the README file in the directories listed above for checksum information. Connection information is available at the end of this document. Please note that these Supplements are not generally available from SCO on diskette media. If you have further questions, contact your support provider. If you need to contact SCO, please send electronic mail to support@sco.COM, or contact SCO as follows. USA/Canada: 6am-5pm Pacific Standard Time (PST) ----------- 1-800-347-4381 (voice) 1-408-427-5443 (fax) Pacific Rim, Asia, and Latin American customers: 6am-5pm Pacific ------------------------------------------------ Standard Time (PST) 1-408-425-4726 (voice) 1-408-427-5443 (fax) Europe, Middle East, Africa: 9am-5:30pm British Standard Time (BST) ---------------------------- +44 (0)923 816344 (voice) +44 (0)923 817781 (fax) Downloading Information ----------------------- ftp to ftp.sco.com Login name: ftp Password: your email address For anonymous UUCP connection: ------------------------------ For USA, Canada, Pacific Rim, Asia and Latin America customers: Machine name: sosco Login name: uusls (fourth character is the letter "l") No password List of modems available for UUCP transfer from sosco.sco.com: Standard V.32, (300-9600bps) 4@ 408-425-3502 Hayes V Series 9600 2@ 408-427-4470 Telebit Trailblazer 408-429-1786 For Europe/Middle East/Africa customers there is a system located at SCO EMEA (London): Machine name: scolon Login name: uusls Password: bbsuucp List of modems available for UUCP transfer from scolon.sco.com: Dowty Trailblazer +44 (0)923 210911 For SCO Online Support (SOS) BBS download: ------------------------------------------ For those customers that have accounts on SOS these files can be downloaded interactively via X, Y, Z MODEM or Kermit. Follow the menus selections under "Toolchest" from the main SOS menu. List of modems available for interactive transfer from sosco.sco.com: First four are Standard V.32 (300-9600bps) 408-426-9495 Last three are Hayes 2400 compatible Telebit Trailblazer 408-426-9525 For ftp via World Wide Web: --------------------------- URL to open: ftp://www.sco.com These problems, except for pt_chmod, were reported to the Santa Cruz Operation by the "[8LGM] Security Team", 8lgm@bagpuss.demon.co.uk. -- -Christopher Durham chrisdu@sco.COM Technical Support ...!uunet!sco!chrisdu The Santa Cruz Operation "...I think that when statesmen forsake their private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos." -Sir Thomas More to Cardinal Wolsey in _A Man for All Seasons_ -- - Paul "Shag" Walmsley <ccshag@everest.cclabs.missouri.edu> "The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad." - Salvador Dali