Multiple Vendor Automountd Vulnerability

BID:729

Info

Multiple Vendor Automountd Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 729
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 09 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 09 1999 12:00AM
Credit: Exposed in CERT advisory CA-99-05 on June 9, 1999.
Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 2.5.1
SGI IRIX 6.2
HP HP-UX 11.0
Not Vulnerable: Sun Solaris 7.0
Sun Solaris 2.6
SGI IRIX 6.5.4

Discussion

Multiple Vendor Automountd Vulnerability

Automountd is remotely exploitable via an overflowable buffer. This attack can also be relayed through statd, as was described in the CERT advisory CA-99-05. Consequently, an attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code as root, leading to a complete system compromise.

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor Automountd Vulnerability

Solution:
HP-UX:
A temporary solution is to set AutoFS = 0 in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf.
Patches are available at HP Support at http://www.hp.com/go/support

Patches are available for the following platforms:

SGI:
visit
ftp://sgigate.sgi.com/patches/

Sun:
Patches are available to all Sun customers at http://sunsolve.sun.com/


HP HP-UX 11.0

Sun Solaris 2.5.1
  • Sun 104654-05
    sparc

References

Multiple Vendor Automountd Vulnerability

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