Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 10:40:12 -0800
From: SGI Security Coordinator <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]Subject: IRIX IP denial-of-service fixes and tunings
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SGI Security Advisory
Title : IP denial-of-service fixes and tunings
Number : 20030201-01-P
Date : February 12, 2003
Reference: CERT CA-2001-09
Reference: CVE-1999-0077 CAN-2001-0328
Reference: SGI BUGS 836110 866901 822734 829671 860748 862151 864775
Fixed in : IRIX 6.5.19 or patches 4765-4770, 4859-4862
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- --- Issue Specifics ---
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It's been reported that there are multiple networking related
vulnerabilities in certain versions of IRIX:
o Statistical Weaknesses in TCP/IP Initial Sequence Numbers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.htmlhttp://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0077http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2001-0328
o Denial of Service attack involving clients sending packets with very
small MSS values
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195457
o IGMP report suppression Denial of Service
http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~krishna/igmp_dos/
o Non-root users could influence interface settings that they shouldn't
be able to change.
o We added two new systune variables to disable additional types
of broadcast probes.
Non-security related fixes included with these patches,
o Always immediately ACK packets with PSH flag set to improve performance
with GigE networking.
o Permit the use of select() with sockets using the STP protocol in
the IRIX m-stream
SGI has investigated the issue and recommends the following steps for
neutralizing the exposure. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that these measures be
implemented on ALL vulnerable SGI systems.
These issues have been corrected in patches and in IRIX 6.5.19.
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- --- Impact ---
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The above vulnerabilities are kernel-level, and naturally the kernel is
installed by default on IRIX 6.5 systems as part of eoe.sw.base.
To determine the version of IRIX you are running, execute the following
command:
# /bin/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 this
case) is the extended release name. The extended release name is the
"version" we refer to throughout this document.
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- --- Temporary Workaround ---
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There is no effective workaround available for these problems. SGI
recommends either upgrading to IRIX 6.5.19, or installing the appropriate
patch from the listing below.
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- --- Solution ---
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SGI has provided a series of patches for these vulnerabilities. Our
recommendation is to upgrade to IRIX 6.5.19 when available, or install the
appropriate patch.
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 Notes 2 & 3
IRIX 6.5.14m yes 4765 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.14f yes 4766 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.15m yes 4767 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.15f yes 4768 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.16m yes 4769 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.16f yes 4770 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.17m yes 4859 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.17f yes 4860 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.18m yes 4861 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.18f yes 4862 Notes 2,4 & 5
IRIX 6.5.19 no
NOTES
1) This version of the IRIX operating has been retired. Upgrade to an
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 your
SGI Support Provider or URL: http://support.sgi.com/irix/swupdates/
3) Upgrade to IRIX 6.5.19
4) Install the appropriate patch or upgrade to IRIX 6.5.19
5) Note that for several of these fixes, you have to systune variables to
non-default settings to provide the added protection. Documentation
on how to use the new systunes is in the file /var/sysgen/mtune/bsd.
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- --- Acknowledgments ----
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SGI wishes to thank Michal Zalewski, Krishna Ramachandran, Darren Reed,
Rob Warnock, FIRST, UCSB, and the users of the Internet Community at
large for their assistance in this matter.
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