IRIX ipxlink Vulnerability

BID:71

Info

IRIX ipxlink Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 71
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-1999-1501
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 08 1998 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:16AM
Credit: This vulnerability was published as "SGI O2 ipx security issue" by Fabrice Planchon <[email protected]> to the BugTraq mailing list on April 8, 1998.
Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 6.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IRIX ipxlink Vulnerability

SGI O2 systems running IRIX 6.3 come with support
for the IPX protocol. The software is installed by default,
and lives under /usr/etc/netware. The binary ipxlink is
part of this subsystem.

Among many vulnerabilities in this binary it calls other
programs via system() without reseting the enviroment
(e.g. IFS).

This is SGI bug number 498565.

Exploit / POC

IRIX ipxlink Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

IRIX ipxlink Vulnerability

Solution:
Turn of the setuid bit of this binary or apply the SGI Patch
SG0002869. Note that this patch is not available with a
support contract.

References

IRIX ipxlink Vulnerability

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