So, why am I disgruntled? My company recently signed on for RSI's Member Services. This entitled us to some "unreleased" security information that had been submitted to vendors and members only. One advisory in particular dealt with a HUGE problem in libnsl on various Sun platforms. Subsequently, when we took a look at our own systems and we realized that our entire network had been owned via this vulnerability, backdoored, you name it - we were fucked. It's taken a lot of time to get us back to the point where I can run the networks and stop worrying about all these security problems that should have been patched long ago. I don't fault RSI for this - I'm happy they made us aware of these problems so long ago. It's just too bad Sun has chosen to ignore them. I find it absolutely PATHETIC that a company of Sun's size and resources, who has had the fucking information for almost 2 months, cannot produce a patch more quickly for a problem of this magnitude. So, despite my companies agreement with RSI, I am releasing the information anonymously. Oh, did I forget to tell you that this is not the only problem Sun is sitting on? I'm hoping with this public disclosure it will force Sun to throw more resources at the problem(s). Assholes. Extremely Disgruntled Sun Admin. RSI.0003.05-14-98.SUN.LIBNSL |:::. |::::: |::::. |::::: |::::: |::::. .. :: .. .. :: .. .. .. :: |:::: |:::: |:::: :::::: |::::: |:::: |: |: :: |: |: |:: |: |: :: |: :: |::::: |: |::::: |::::: |::::: Repent Security Incorporated, RSI [ http://www.repsec.com ] *** RSI ALERT ADVISORY *** --- [CREDIT] ------------------------------------------------------- Matt Conover: Discovered the vulnerabilities Mark Zielinski: Author of advisory ---[SUMMARY]-------------------------------------------------------- Announced: May 14, 1998 Report code: RSI.0003.05-14-98.SUN.LIBNSL Report title: Sun Microsystem's libnsl Vulnerability: Insufficient bounds checking Vendor status: Contacted, patch supplied Patch status: Awaiting patch from Sun Microsystem's Platforms: Solaris 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5.1 Vulnerable: Several library functions in libnsl have buffer overflows Reference: http://www.repsec.com/advisories.html Impact: If exploited, an attacker could potentially compromise both local and remote root access on your server --- [DETAILS] -------------------------------------------------------- Problem: Several buffer overflows exist in Sun Microsystem's libnslnetworking library. While overwriting the buffer, the attacker can manipulate the stack and execute their own commands, possibly gaining root access on your server. Functions we have found vulnerable: Vulnerable key functions --------------------------------------------------- extract_secret () : Buffer overflows while copyingdata into a local buffer getkeys_nis () : Buffer overflows if key value is larger then the buffer getpublickey () : Calls getkeys_nis () getsecretkey () : Calls getkeys_nis () Vulnerable RPC functions ---------------------------------------------------- authdes_seccreate () : Calls getpublickey () rpc_broadcast_exp () : Buffer overflow if allowed to specify network protocol type rpc_broadcast () : Calls rpc_broadcast_exp () clnt_create_timed () : Buffer overflow if allowed to specify network protocol type host2netname () : Buffer overflow while specifying hostname. getnetname () : Calls host2netname () clnt_create () : Calls clnt_create_timed () rpc_call () : Buffer overflow if allowed to specify network protocol type authdes_pk_seccreate () : Calls getnetname () Vulnerable NIS functions ---------------------------------------------------- __nis_init_callback () : Calls getpublickey () __nis_core_lookup () : Buffer overflow while copying paramaters into a local buffer nis_make_rpchandle () : Calls host2netname () nis_dump_r () : Calls nis_make_rpchandle () nis_dump () : Calls nis_dump_r () __nis_auth2princ () : Buffer overflow while specifying machine name __nis_host2nis_server (): Buffer overflow while specifyinghostname nis_name_of_r () : Buffer overflow while copying paramaters into a local buffer nis_old_data_r () : Buffer overflow while copying paramaters into a local buffer nis_list () : Calls __nis_core_lookup () nis_add () : Calls nis_nameops () nis_remove () : Calls nis_nameops () nis_modify () : Calls nis_nameops () nis_mkdir () : Calls nis_make_rpchandle () nis_rmdir () : Calls nis_make_rpchandle () Potentially vulnerable programs ---------------------------------------------------- Calls vulnerable RPC functions: 1. nfs mount 2. nfs share 3. rpc.rexd 4. autofs Calls vulnerable key functions: 1. chkey 2. keylogin 3. setkey 4. newkey 5. keyserv 6. libscheme Calls vulnerable NIS functions: 1. rpc.nisd 2. rpc.nisdpasswdd 3. nisping 4. nisaddent 5. nisupdkeys 6. nisaddcred 7. sendmail 8. volcheck 9. vold Calls vulnerable YP functions: 1. vacation 2. ypwhich 3. yppush These vulnerabilities are present in Sun Microsystem's Solaris 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5.1. 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