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Security Bulletin 9312 DISA Defense Communications System
June 16, 1993 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-9302).
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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-93:09 CERT Advisory
June 11, 1993
SunOS/Solaris /usr/lib/expreserve Vulnerability
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The CERT Coordination Center has received information concerning a
vulnerability in /usr/lib/expreserve in Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun)
operating system (SunOS). This vulnerability affects all sun3 and sun4
architectures and supported versions of SunOS including 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2,
4.1.3, Solaris 2.1 (SunOS 5.1), and Solaris 2.2 (SunOS 5.2).
This problem has become widely known and CERT recommends that sites
take action to address this vulnerability as soon as possible.
Sun has produced a patch for SunOS 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.1.3 addressing
this vulnerability for sun3 and sun4 architectures. Sun is developing a
patch for SunOS 5.x/Solaris 2.x systems and it will be released as soon as
testing is complete. A workaround is provided below that can be used on
all systems, including Solaris, until a patch is available and installed.
The patch can be obtained from local Sun Answer Centers worldwide as
well as through anonymous FTP from the ftp.uu.net (137.39.1.9) system
in the /systems/sun/sun-dist directory. In Europe, this patch is
available from mcsun.eu.net (192.16.202.1) in the /sun/fixes directory.
Patch ID Filename Checksum
101080-1 101080-1.tar.Z 45221 13
Please note that Sun sometimes updates patch files. If you find that
the checksum is different please contact Sun or CERT for verification.
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I. Description
Expreserve is a utility that preserves the state of a file being
edited by vi(1) or ex(1) when an edit session terminates abnormally
or when the system crashes. A vulnerability exists that allows
users to overwrite any file on the system.
II. Impact
It is possible to gain root privileges using this vulnerability.
III. Solution
A. If you are running SunOS 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, or 4.1.3, obtain and
install the patch according to the instructions included with
the patch.
B. If you are running Solaris install the following workaround.
This workaround will disable expreserve functionality.
The result of this workaround is that if vi(1) or ex(1) is running,
and the sessions are interrupted, the files being edited will not
be preserved and all edits not explicitly saved by the user will
be lost. Users should be encouraged to save their files often.
As root, remove the execute permissions on the existing
/usr/lib/expreserve program:
# /usr/bin/chmod a-x /usr/lib/expreserve
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The CERT Coordination Center wishes to thank Christopher Lott of
Universitaet Kaiserslautern for reporting this vulnerability,
and Sun Microsystems, Inc. for their response to this problem.
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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 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4),
and are 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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* The point of contact for MILNET security-related incidents is the *
* Security Coordination Center (SCC). *
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* E-mail address: SCC@NIC.DDN.MIL *
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* Telephone: 1-(800)-365-3642 *
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* NIC Help Desk personnel are available from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. EST, *
* Monday through Friday except on federal holidays. *
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