Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 14:51:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: SGI Security Coordinator <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: BIND vulnerabilities in IRIX named
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SGI Security Advisory
Title: BIND vulnerabilities
Number: 19991101-02-I
Date: August 7, 2002
Reference: SGI Security Advisory 19991101-01-I
Reference: CERT=AE Advisory CA-1999-14
Reference: CVE-1999-0849
Reference: CVE-1999-0851
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- --- Issue Specifics ---
- -----------------------
As part of on going security efforts, this is a followup to SGI
Security Advisory 19991101-01-I.
The BIND distribution provides Internet domain name service known as DNS
thru a daemon called named.
ISC and CERT have reported several vulnerabilities discovered in
certain versions of BIND distributions. These vulnerabilities can be
used to perform denial of service attacks and/or to obtain privileged
access remotely.
SGI has investigated the issue and provides the following information for=
customer interpretation and possible action.
- --------------
- --- Impact ---
- --------------
SGI distributes BIND based on version 4.9.4 patchlevel 1 with IRIX 6.5,
but it is not installed by default. It is part of the package eoe.sw.nam=
ed.
To determine the version of IRIX you are running, execute the following
command:
# uname -R
That will return a result similar to the following:
# 6.5 6.5.16f
The first number ("6.5") is the release name, the second ("6.5.16f" in th=
is
case) is the extended release name. The extended release name is the
"version" we refer to throughout this document.
To see if BIND is installed, execute the following command:
% versions eoe.sw.named
I =3D Installed, R =3D Removed
Name Date Description
I eoe 12/12/2001 IRIX Execution Environment, 6.5.14=
f
I eoe.sw 12/12/2001 IRIX Execution Environment Softwar=
e
I eoe.sw.named 12/12/2001 Berkeley Internet Name Domain Serv=
er
These vulnerabilities were reported by Internet Software Consortium (ISC)=
:
http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind-security-19991108.html
These vulnerabilities were also reported by CERT(sm) in Advisory CA-1999-=
14:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1999-14.html
The denial of service in BIND named via maxdname was assigned CVE:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-1999-0849
The denial of service in BIND named via naptr was assigned CVE:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-1999-0851
These vulnerabilities have been publicly discussed in public Usenet
newsgroups and Internet mailing lists.
- --------------------------
- --- Temporary Solution ---
- --------------------------
Unfortunately, there are no immediate or temporary workarounds for
this issue if you need to run a local nameserver. SGI recommends either
installing the appropriate patch from the list below or upgrading to IRIX=
6.5.18 when it is released.
- ----------------
- --- Solution ---
- ----------------
SGI has provided a patch for these vulnerabilities. Our recommendation is=
to
upgrade to IRIX 6.5.18 when available, or install the appropriate patch.
This patch updates BIND to version 4.9.8 patchlevel 1 and provides
a chroot jail option for named.
OS Version Vulnerable? Patch # Other Actions
---------- ----------- ------- -------------
IRIX 3.x unknown Note 1
IRIX 4.x unknown Note 1
IRIX 5.x unknown Note 1
IRIX 6.0.x unknown Note 1
IRIX 6.1 unknown Note 1
IRIX 6.2 unknown Note 1
IRIX 6.3 unknown Note 1
IRIX 6.4 unknown Note 1
IRIX 6.5 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.1 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.2 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.3 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.4 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.5 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.6 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.7 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.8 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.9 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.10 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.11 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.12 yes Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.13 yes 4725 Note 4
IRIX 6.5.14 yes 4725 Note 4
IRIX 6.5.15 yes 4725 Note 4
IRIX 6.5.16 yes 4725 Note 4
IRIX 6.5.17 yes 4725 Note 4
IRIX 6.5.18 no
NOTES
1) This version of the IRIX operating has been retired. Upgrade to a=
n
actively supported IRIX operating system. See
http://support.sgi.com/irix/news/index.html#policy for more
information.
2) If you have not received an IRIX 6.5.X CD for IRIX 6.5, contact y=
our
SGI Support Provider or URL: http://support.sgi.com/irix/swupdate=
s/
3) Upgrade to IRIX 6.5.18.
4) For best security, configure named to run in a chroot jail, per t=
he
instructions in the named man page and the release notes supplied=
with patch 4275.
##### Patch File Checksums ####
The actual patch will be a tar file containing the following files:
Filename: README.patch.4725
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 47466 9 README.patch.4725
Algorithm #2 (sum): 18164 9 README.patch.4725
MD5 checksum: 11CB51FFF166126F98472088CB96A22B
Filename: patchSG0004725
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 58773 5 patchSG0004725
Algorithm #2 (sum): 56317 5 patchSG0004725
MD5 checksum: 5A61B164228B241DC34DADE95337807A
Filename: patchSG0004725.eoe_man
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 43866 39 patchSG0004725.eoe_man
Algorithm #2 (sum): 43362 39 patchSG0004725.eoe_man
MD5 checksum: 6C004F572C6A57973B23F6B940E02FC7
Filename: patchSG0004725.eoe_sw
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 31793 411 patchSG0004725.eoe_sw
Algorithm #2 (sum): 52735 411 patchSG0004725.eoe_sw
MD5 checksum: 34D2F1E205181CBF855D882855CDCC76
Filename: patchSG0004725.idb
Algorithm #1 (sum -r): 26064 2 patchSG0004725.idb
Algorithm #2 (sum): 6527 2 patchSG0004725.idb
MD5 checksum: FFDD998D739E5646A4F010D299F69464
- ------------------------
- --- Acknowledgments ----
- ------------------------
SGI wishes to thank ISC, CERT, Solar Designer, The Openwall Project, and =
the
users of the Internet Community at large for their assistance in this
matter.
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- --- Links ---
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SGI Security Advisories can be found at:
http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ and
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/
SGI Security Patches can be found at:
http://www.sgi.com/support/security/ and
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/
SGI patches for IRIX can be found at the following patch servers:
http://support.sgi.com/irix/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/
SGI freeware updates for IRIX can be found at:
http://freeware.sgi.com/
SGI fixes for SGI open sourced code can be found on:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/
SGI patches and RPMs for Linux can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/linux/ or
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgilinux-combined/download/security-fixes/
SGI patches for Windows NT or 2000 can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/nt/
IRIX 5.2-6.4 Recommended/Required Patch Sets can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/irix/ and ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/patchset/
IRIX 6.5 Maintenance Release Streams can be found at:
http://support.sgi.com/colls/patches/tools/relstream/index.html
IRIX 6.5 Software Update CDs can be obtained from:
http://support.sgi.com/irix/swupdates/
The primary SGI anonymous FTP site for security advisories and patches is=
patches.sgi.com (216.32.174.211). Security advisories and patches are
located under the URL ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/
For security and patch management reasons, ftp.sgi.com (mirrors
patches.sgi.com security FTP repository) lags behind and does not do a
real-time update.
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