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Security Bulletin 9228 DISA Defense Communications System
December 17, 1992 Published by: DDN Security Coordination Center
(SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL) 1-(800) 365-3642
DEFENSE DATA NETWORK
SECURITY BULLETIN
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-9228).
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! The following important advisory was issued by the Computer !
! Emergency Response Team (CERT) and is being relayed unedited !
! via the Defense Information Systems Agency's Security !
! Coordination Center distribution system as a means of !
! providing DDN subscribers with useful security information. !
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CA-92:21 CERT Advisory
December 16, 1992
ConvexOS and ConvexOS/Secure Vulnerabilities
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The CERT Coordination Center has received information concerning
several vulnerabilities in the following CONVEX Computer Corporation
products: ConvexOS/Secure, CONVEX CXbatch, CONVEX Storage Manager
(CSM), and ConvexOS EMACS. These vulnerabilities can affect ConvexOS
versions V6.2 - V10.2 and ConvexOS/Secure versions V9.5 and V10.0 on
all supported architectures.
CONVEX is aware of the vulnerabilities, and fixes or workarounds are
available. Three of the fixes are implemented as full Engineering
Change Notice (ECN) patches and, as such, will be shipped with all new
systems and will also be released as upgrades for the products
CXbatch, CSM and ConvexOS/Secure. A workaround is available for
the ConvexOS EMACS vulnerability. CONVEX is currently incorporating
the fixes to these vulnerabilities into future releases of each
product. Future shipments of these products should not be vulnerable
to these problems.
If you have any questions about the affected products, please contact
your CONVEX representative or the CONVEX Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) at 1-800-952-0379.
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ConvexOS/Secure: passwd patch
I. Description
The "passwd" command in ConvexOS/Secure contains a security
vulnerability in versions V9.5 and V10.0 of ConvexOS/Secure.
This vulnerability has been fixed in ConvexOS/Secure V10.1.
II. Impact
Local users can gain unauthorized root access.
III. Solution
Obtain and install ConvexOS/Secure V10.0.2 - Part No.
710-007815-008.
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Convex CXbatch: qmgr patch
I. Description
The "qmgr" command in CONVEX CXbatch versions V1.0 - V2.1.3
contains a security vulnerability. This vulnerability is
present in ConvexOS V6.2 - V10.2 on systems that have installed
the optional CXbatch facility.
II. Impact
Local users can gain unauthorized root access.
III. Solution
A. As root, rename the existing version of /usr/convex/qmgr and
modify the permission (from 6755 to 700) to prevent misuse.
# /bin/mv /usr/convex/qmgr /usr/convex/qmgr.orig
# /bin/chmod 700 /usr/convex/qmgr.orig
B. Next, obtain and install CONVEX CXbatch V2.1.4 - Part No.
710-007830-011.
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Convex CSM: migmgr patch
I. Description
The "migmgr" command in CONVEX CSM contains a security
vulnerability, in ConvexOS version V10.1 of systems that have
installed the CSM facility. This vulnerability will be fixed
in the next CSM release.
II. Impact
Local users can gain unauthorized root access.
III. Solution
A. As root, rename the existing version of /usr/csm/bin/migmgr and
modify the permission (from 4755 to 700) to prevent misuse.
# /bin/mv /usr/csm/bin/migmgr /usr/csm/bin/migmgr.orig
# /bin/chmod 700 /usr/csm/bin/migmgr.orig
B. Next, obtain and install CONVEX CSM V1.0.1 - Part No.
710-011315-003
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ConvexOS: EMACS editor workaround
I. Description
The EMACS Editor in ConvexOS contains a security vulnerability,
in ConvexOS versions V9.0 - V10.2.
II. Impact
Local users can gain unauthorized access to /dev/kmem.
III. Solution
As root, remove the setgid bit from /usr/convex/emacs.
# /bin/chmod 755 /usr/convex/emacs
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The CERT Coordination Center wishes to thank the CONVEX Computer
Corporation for their response to these problems. We would also like
to thank Bob Vickers from the University of London Computer Centre,
London, England, for reporting the CXbatch problem to us.
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If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact the CERT
Coordination Center or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident
Response and Security Teams).
Internet E-mail: cert@cert.org
Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline)
CERT personnel answer 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
on call for emergencies during other hours.
CERT Coordination Center
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.org (192.88.209.5).
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