Rational ClearCase SUID Vulnerability

BID:538

Info

Rational ClearCase SUID Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 538
Class: Race Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 08 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 08 1999 12:00AM
Credit: Reported by Mudge <[email protected]> in a L0pht Security Advisory released Feb 8 1999.
Vulnerable: Rational Software ClearCase for Unix 3.2
- Digital UNIX 4.0
- HP HP-UX 10.0
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM AIX 4.2
- IBM AIX 4.1
- SCO Unixware 7.0
- SGI IRIX 6.0
- Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun SunOS 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Rational ClearCase SUID Vulnerability

Rational Software's ClearCase product includes a vulnerability whereby an unprivileged user can have any readable executable set to SUID root.. A 1.5 meg file is copied and then chmod'ed to SUID, and during the time this file is being copied it can be unlinked and replaced with another.

Solution / Fix

Rational ClearCase SUID Vulnerability

Solution:
Rational has provided a patch, available only to registered users. It is at:
http://clearcase.rational.com/techsupport/clearcase/tech/patchlink/clearcase

References

Rational ClearCase SUID Vulnerability

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