Sun Security Bulletin #00152

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                   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin

Bulletin Number:        #00152
Date:                   August 25, 1997
Cross-Ref:
Title:                  Vulnerability in ifconfig ioctls
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1.  Bulletins Topics

    Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris 2.5.1, 2.5, 2.4, and 2.3
    (SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, and 5.3) which relate to a vulnerability in
    ifconfig ioctls.

    Sun strongly recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4
    immediately on systems running SunOS 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.4, and 5.3.

2.  Who is Affected

    Vulnerable:  SunOS versions 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86,
                                5.4, 5.4_x86, 5.3

    Not vulnerable: All other supported versions of SunOS.

    The vulnerability is fixed in Solaris 2.6.

3.  Understanding the Vulnerability

    The command ifconfig assigns addresses to network interfaces and
    configures network interface parameters. The use of ifconfig to configure
    network interface parameters is restricted to superusers. This
    vulnerability, if exploited, allows non-root attackers to use ifconfig
    to configure network interface parameters for any network interface on
    a system.

4.  List of Patches

    The vulnerability in ifconfig ioctls is fixed by the following patches:

    OS version          Patch ID
    __________          ________
    SunOS 5.5.1         103640-09
    SunOS 5.5.1_x86     103641-09
    SunOS 5.5           103093-14
    SunOS 5.5_x86       103094-11
    SunOS 5.4           101945-50
    SunOS 5.4_x86       101946-44
    SunOS 5.3           101318-87

5.  Checksum Table

    The checksum table below shows the BSD checksums (SunOS 5.x: /usr/ucb/sum),
    SVR4 checksums (SunOS 5.x: /usr/bin/sum), and the MD5 digital signatures
    for the above-mentioned patches that are available from:

        <URL:ftp://sunsolve1.sun.com/pub/patches/patches.html>

    These checksums may not apply if you obtain patches from your answer
    centers.

File Name         BSD         SVR4         MD5
_______________   _________   __________   ________________________________
103640-09.tar.Z   08357 3832  24559 7663   C79A3D0E0CC610638C60BF25DB625559
103641-09.tar.Z   10615 825   9869 1649    B64D85F18E8B74E0DE251BCAA0AD10DE
103093-14.tar.Z   51571 2293  26450 4586   4EA9F527F219C836740DF51C7374F5E4
103094-11.tar.Z   03030 802   64820 1604   75AB9D22CDB03861B5CA9941752A1F57
101945-50.tar.Z   04413 10909 4073 21817   198EAAAC3D92898622351C43F87E884F
101946-44.tar.Z   10072 5540  36413 11080  92D61AD71C77F56CA1DF6038D644B4F9
101318-87.tar.Z   45783 11292 55998 22584  395AD525FD411904A3BD03E7E02EED10
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APPENDICES

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        <URL:ftp://sunsolve1.sun.com/pub/patches/patches.html>

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