ISSalert: ISS Security Advisory - nisd

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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 16:27:42 -0400
From: X-Force <xforce () iss net>
To: alert () iss net
Subject: ISSalert: ISS Security Advisory - nisd

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                        ISS Security Advisory
                            June 10, 1998


            Remote Buffer Overflow in the rpc.nisd program.

Synopsis:

        A stack-based buffer overflow exists in some versions of the
Solaris 2.x rpc.nisd, which allows attackers to gain root access on
the vulnerable machine.

Recommended Action:

        Disable the rpc.nisd daemon if you are not running NIS+.
If you are running NIS+, determine if you are vulnerable.  If you
are vulnerable, contact Sun for a patch.

Determining if you are vulnerable:

        On a Solaris machine, issue the following commands to determine if
you are running rpc.nisd:

solaris% rpcinfo -p localhost | grep 100300

        If you see the following output, or something similar, and you
have not installed a patch then you are vulnerable:

    100300    3   udp  32773  nisd
    100300    3   tcp  32771  nisd

Description:

        The rpc.nisd program is an ONC RPC agent that implements the
NIS+ service.  Generally, the data sent to an RPC daemon has explicit
maximum length, ensuring that it will not overflow buffers of any
reasonable size.  However, one NIS+ argument: nis_name, has no specific
maximum length.  In this case the max length defaults to an unsafe value.
Because NIS+ copies this argument onto fixed length buffers in the stack,
an attacker can corrupt the stack and cause the daemon to execute arbitrary
machine code.

Affected Versions:

        Solaris 2.3 - 2.6 are vulnerable.

Fix Information:

For Solaris, install one of the following patches:

105401-12:       Solaris 5.6
105402-12:       Solaris 5.6_x86
103612-41:       Solaris 5.5.1
103613-41:       Solaris 5.5.1_x86
103187-38:       Solaris 5.5
103188-38:       Solaris 5.5_x86
101973-35:       Solaris 5.4
101974-35:       Solaris 5.4_x86


Additional Information:

        This problem was discovered by Josh Daymont of ISS <jdaymont () iss net>

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