Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:12:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@treachery.net>
To: Bugtraq <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00207 (fwd) [Patches for snmpXdmid.]
Courtesy of Sun Microsystems.
Patches for snmpXdmid. (Solaris 2.6 through 8)
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Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00207
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin
Bulletin Number: #00207
Date: August 30, 2001
Cross-Ref: CERT Advisory CA-2001-05
Title: snmpXdmid
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1. Bulletins Topics
Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 8, 7, and
2.6 (SunOS(tm) 5.8, 5.7, and 5.6) which relate to an snmpXdmid
vulnerability reported in CERT CA-2001-05.
Sun recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4
immediately on systems running SunOS 5.8, 5.7, and 5.6 which
use snmpXdmid.
2. Who is Affected
Vulnerable: SunOS 5.8, 5.8_x86, 5.7, 5.7_x86, 5.6,
5.6_x86
3. Understanding the Vulnerability
The snmpXdmid utility is a subagent in the Solstice Enterprise
Agent Desktop Management Interface package. It maps Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) requests forwarded by the
Master Agent (snmpdx(1M)) into one or more equivalent Desktop
Management Interface (DMI) requests and vice-versa. The
snmpXdmid subagent runs as a daemon with root privileges on
the system. snmpXdmid contains a buffer overflow in the code
for translating DMI indications to SNMP events. This buffer
overflow is exploitable by local or remote intruders to gain
root privileges.
The issue was discovered by Job de Haas (job@itsx.com) of ITSX BV
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (http://www.itsx.com).
CERT Advisory CA-2001-05 is available from:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-05.html
4. List of Patches
The following patches are available in relation to the above problem.
OS Version Patch ID
__________ _________
SunOS 5.8 108869-07
SunOS 5.8_x86 108870-07
SunOS 5.7 107709-15
SunOS 5.7_x86 107710-15
SunOS 5.6 106787-15
SunOS 5.6_x86 106872-15
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Sun acknowledges with thanks, Job de Haas (job@itsx.com) of ITSX BV
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (http://www.itsx.com), for bringing this issue
to our attention.
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APPENDICES
A. Patches listed in this bulletin are available to all Sun customers at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/securitypatch
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