SGI spoofing vulnerability in arrayd authentication
SGI Security Coordinator
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SGI Security Advisory
Title: Spoofing vulnerability in arrayd authentication
Number: 20050604-01-A
Date: June 22, 2005
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SGI acknowledges a spoofing vulnerability in arrayd authentication and is
currently investigating as SGI BUG 937655. The spoofing vulnerability can
lead to unauthorized root or user access to a remote system running arrayd.
The default authentication for arrayd, for both SGI ProPack and IRIX 6.5.5
and above, is NOREMOTE. NOREMOTE has been found not to be vulnerable to the
original exploit found on http://lsd-pl.net/code/IRIX/irx_arrayd.c or it
variants that have been created. Sites that require the use of authentication
NONE or SIMPLE are vulnerable, unless the systems are placed on trusted or
isolated networks with a trusted user base where spoofing is not a concern.
To verify which array services authentication is being used on the
system, check /usr/lib/array/arrayd.auth which is a readable only by root.
The default authentication scheme is NOREMOTE which is not vulnerable to the
spoofing vulnerability based on on-going investigations.
SGI advises to run with the default arrayd authentication of NOREMOTE at
this time until a solution is available. Systems that require authentication
NONE or SIMPLE should be placed on trusted or isolated networks to minimize
exposure of the array daemon and run with a trusted user base where spoofing
is not a concern.
Before IRIX 6.5.5, the default authentication for arrayd was NONE,
which is vulnerable to the spoofing exploit and its variants:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0692
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19990701-01-P
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1999-09.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-052.shtml
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issued.
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any necessary patch(es) or updates are available for all vulnerable
and supported SGI ProPack for Altix and IRIX operating systems.
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are encouraged to assume all security vulnerabilities as exploitable and take
appropriate steps according to local site security policies and requirements.
As further information becomes available, additional advisories will be
issued via the normal SGI security information distribution methods
including the wiretap mailing list.
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