>From aleph1 Wed Mar 4 14:16:13 1998 Return-Path: <secureat_private> X-Received: from mercury.Sun.COM by dfw.dfw.net (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04704; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:16:07 CST X-Received: from Eng.Sun.COM (engmail1 [129.146.1.13]) by mercury.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/mail.byaddr) with SMTP id MAA04060; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:13:34 -0800 X-Received: from sunsc.eng.sun.com (sunsc.Eng.Sun.COM [129.146.81.212]) by Eng.Sun.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-5.3) with SMTP id MAA15565; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:13:23 -0800 X-Received: by sunsc.eng.sun.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA16112; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 11:46:39 -0800 Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 11:46:39 -0800 From: secureat_private (Sun Security Coordination Team) Message-Id: <199803041946.LAA16112at_private> To: CWSat_private Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00163 X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII ReSent-Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:25:22 -0600 (CST) ReSent-From: Aleph One <aleph1at_private> ReSent-To: BUGTRAQat_private ReSent-Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.94.980304142522.19842Mat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ________________________________________________________________________________ Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin Bulletin Number: #00163 Date: March 4, 1998 Cross-Ref: Secure Networks Inc. Vacation Vulnerability Security Bulletin Title: vacation ________________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this Security Bulletin is provided "AS IS." Sun makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this Security Bulletin. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SECURITY BULLETIN, EVEN IF SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. If any of the above provisions are held to be in violation of applicable law, void, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provisions are waived to the extent necessary for this disclaimer to be otherwise enforceable in such jurisdiction. ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Bulletins Topics Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.5, 2.4, 2.3 (SunOS(tm) 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3), SunOS 4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1 which relate to a vulnerability in the vacation program. Sun recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4 immediately on systems running SunOS 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1. 2. Who is Affected Vulnerable: SunOS versions 5.6, 5.6_x86, 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86, 5.4, 5.4_x86, 5.3, 4.1.4, and 4.1.3_U1 Not vulnerable: All other supported versions of SunOS. 3. Understanding the Vulnerability The vacation program automatically replies to incoming email on behalf of the recipient and notifies senders that the recipient is not currently reading the email. A vulnerability has been discovered which, if exploited, may allow attackers access to the account of the user running the vacation program. 4. List of Patches The following patches are available in relation to the above problem. OS version Patch ID __________ ________ SunOS 5.6 105518-01 SunOS 5.6_x86 105519-01 SunOS 5.5.1 105520-01 SunOS 5.5.1_x86 105521-01 SunOS 5.5 105533-01 SunOS 5.5_x86 105534-01 SunOS 5.4 102066-21 SunOS 5.4_x86 102064-19 SunOS 5.3 101782-02 SunOS 4.1.4 105466-01* SunOS 4.1.3_U1 105465-01* * Patches are available only for Sun's implementation of V8 sendmail. Sun recommends that customers using Sun's V5 sendmail upgrade to Sun's V8 sendmail. _______________________________________________________________________________ APPENDICES A. Patches listed in this bulletin are available to all Sun customers via World Wide Web at: <URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/sunsolve/pubpatches/patches.html> B. Checksums for the patches listed in this bulletin are available via World Wide Web at: <URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/sunsolve/pubpatches/patches.html> C. Sun security bulletins are available via World Wide Web at: <URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/sunsolve/secbulletins> D. 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