Date: 13 March 2003
References: ESB-2003.0158 ESB-2003.0254 ESB-2003.0355
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ESB-2003.0167 -- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0302-246
SSRT3469 Potential Security Vulnerability in sendmail (rev.3)
13 March 2003
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Sendmail
Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Operating System: HP-UX 11.22
HP-UX 11.11
HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS)
HP-UX 11.00
HP-UX 10.20
HP-UX 10.10
Platform: HP 9000 Series 700/800
Impact: Root Compromise
Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
Ref: AA-2003.01
ESB-2003.0158
Comment: CVE Id: CAN-2002-1337
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**REVISED 03**
Source: HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
SECURITY BULLETIN: HPSBUX0302-246
Originally issued: 03 March 2003
Last revised: 11 March 2003
SSRT3469 Potential Security Vulnerability in sendmail (rev.3)
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The information in the following Security Bulletin should be
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Security Bulletin as soon as possible.
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PROBLEM: Potential security vulnerability in sendmail
IMPACT: Potential unauthorized Privileged Access,
Potential Denial of Service (DoS).
PLATFORM: HP 9000 Series 700/800 Servers running HP-UX 10.10,
10.20, 11.00, 11.04(VVOS), 11.11, and 11.22.
**REVISED 03**
SOLUTION: Download and install the appropriate sendmail file
or HPSecurityBul246.depot.
MANUAL ACTIONS: Yes - NonUpdate
Download and install the appropriate
sendmail file.
AVAILABILITY: This bulletin will be revised when patches are
available.
CHANGE SUMMARY: Rev.01 - Added information on upgrading from
8.8.6 to 8.9.3 or 8.11.1.
Added information on warning messages.
Added CERT and CVE reference numbers.
Rev.02 - Corrected typo.
Added 11.04(VVOS) information.
Added 8.7.x to list of affected versions.
Rev.03 - Added HPSecurityBul246.depot information.
Replaced sendmail.811.11.11 file
with sendmail.811.11.11.r1.
Renamed sendmail.886.10.01 to
sendmail.886.10.10.
Clarified installation instructions.
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A. Background
A potential security vulnerability with sendmail has been
reported in HP-UX. This potential vulnerability may result
in unauthorized Privileged Access or a Denial of Service
(DoS). This potential vulnerability may be exploited
remotely.
This is the vulnerability reported in CERT/CC CA-2003-07.
CERT/CC is tracking this issue as VU#398025 This reference
number corresponds to CVE candidate CAN-2002-1337.
This problem also affects HP Tru64 UNIX/Trucluster Server.
NOTE: This problem does not impact HP NonStop Servers nor
HP OpenVMS.
The HP Tru64 bulletin will be posted to the customer
support website within 24 hours of release to -
http://thenew.hp.com/country/us/eng/support.html
or www.hp.com
Use the SEARCH IN feature box, enter SSRT in the
search window or use a specific SSRT #
example: SSRT3469
B. Recommended solution
**REVISED 03**
-->Note: A PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND WITH FILES MENTIONED
--> IN PREVIOUS REVISIONS OF THIS BULLETIN.
--> A problem has been found with the 11.11 file
--> which has the following cksum(1):
--> 3003791603 1015808 sendmail.811.11.11
--> This problem may cause copies of sendmail
--> not to terminate when there is a large
--> number of mail messages and a heavy system
--> load. We recommend replacing this file
--> with the current version which has the
--> following cksum(1):
--> 3733540319 1015808 sendmail.811.11.11.r1
--> As noted below this can be done by installing
--> a depot or by manually replacing the files.
**REVISED 03**
All versions of sendmail provided by HP on HP-UX
10.X and 11.X are vulnerable unless one of the
fixes described below has been installed.
If a fix has been installed the following command
will list a 'version.c" line:
what /usr/sbin/sendmail | grep JAGae58098
For example,
what /usr/sbin/sendmail | grep JAGae58098
version.c 8.9.3.1 (Berkeley) 4/10/2002
(PHNE_26305+JAGae58098)
-->Note: All the files mentioned for download below are
--> available from the following ftp site:
System: hprc.external.hp.com (192.170.19.51)
Login: sendmail
Password: sendmail
FTP Access: ftp://sendmail:sendmail@hprc.external.hp.com/
or: ftp://sendmail:sendmail@192.170.19.51/
or: ftp hprc.external.hp.com
Note: There is an ftp defect in IE5 that may result in
a browser hang. To work around this:
- Select Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced
- Un-check the option:
[ ] Enable folder view for FTP sites
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To fix the problem:
-->1. Determine the sendmail version.
-->2. If necessary upgrade to a version of sendmail
--> for which a fix is available.
-->3. Download and install HPSecurityBul246.depot.
--> OR
-->4. Download and install the appropriate sendmail file.
-->Details:
1. Determine the sendmail version.
Login in as root:
cd /usr/sbin
sendmail -d0.1 < /dev/null | grep -i version
The display will show Version #.#.#
2. If necessary upgrade to a version of sendmail
for which a fix is available.
Fixes are available for the following versions:
HP-UX 10.10: sendmail 8.8.6
HP-UX 10.20: sendmail 8.9.3
HP-UX 11.00: sendmail 8.11.1
HP-UX 11.00: sendmail 8.9.3
VVOS 11.04: sendmail 8.9.3
HP-UX 11.11: sendmail 8.11.1
HP-UX 11.11: sendmail 8.9.3
HP-UX 11.22: sendmail 8.11.1
If you are not running one the those versions,
you will need to upgrade as follows:
HP-UX 10.10
Upgrade to 8.8.6 by installing the web upgrade
available on:
http://www.software.hp.com/products/
Sendmail/index.html
This is a direct link to the 8.8.6 upgrade.
HP-UX 10.20
Upgrade to 8.9.3 by by installing PHNE_25183.
HP-UX 11.00
Upgrade to 8.9.3 by by installing PHNE_24419.
OR
Upgrade to 8.11.1 by installing the web upgrade
available on http://www.software.hp.com
VVOS 11.04 (Virtual Vault Operating System):
Upgrade to 8.9.3 by installing PHNE_25984.
Note: VVOS does not support the web upgrade version
of sendmail 8.11.1.
**REVISED 03**
-->3. Download and install either HPSecurityBul246.depot
--> (this step) or the appropriate sendmail file
--> (step 4 below).
--> Until patches are available there are two ways to fix the
--> problem. Individual sendmail files can be downloaded and
--> installed as described in previous versions of this
--> bulletin (step 4 below).
--> Alternatively a depot can be downloaded and installed using
--> swinstall(1). The depot contains all of the sendmail
--> files. The depot determines the correct version to be
--> installed on each system.
--> Download and install HPSecurityBul246.depot.gz:
--> a. Download HPSecurityBul246.depot.gz
--> b. Unpack the file with gunzip(1)
--> c. Verify the cksum or the md5 sum.
--> cksum HPSecurityBul246.depot
--> 3826367137 7198720 HPSecurityBul246.depot
--> md5 HPSecurityBul246.depot
--> MD5 (HPSecurityBul246.depot) =
--> 2a81bb91b94bffea13687ce5e1060cef
--> d. Extract the "readme" file for further information:
--> cd directory_containing_depot
--> swlist -d -l product -a readme
--> @ $PWD/HPSecurityBul246.depot
--> e. Install HPSecurityBul246.depot with swinstall(1).
-->4. Download and install the appropriate file.
--> Note: The depot mentioned in step 3 above contains all
--> the sendmail files. If you prefer to download and
--> install only the files needed for a given revision,
--> please use the following instructions:
--> a. Download the appropriate file.
--> For HP-UX 10.10: sendmail.886.10.10.gz for 8.8.6
For HP-UX 10.20: sendmail.893.10.20.gz for 8.9.3
For HP-UX 11.00: sendmail.811.11.00.gz for 8.11.1
sendmail.893.11.00.gz for 8.9.3
For HP-UX 11.04: sendmail.893.11.00.gz for 8.9.3
--> For HP-UX 11.11: sendmail.811.11.11.r1.gz for 8.11.1
sendmail.893.11.11.gz for 8.9.3
For HP-UX 11.22: sendmail.811.11.22.gz for 8.11.1
--> b. Unpack the file with gunzip(1)
--> c. Verify the cksum or the md5 sum.
cksum:
--> 2052507672 401408 sendmail.886.10.10
3975773765 806912 sendmail.893.10.20
2575934578 970752 sendmail.811.11.00
905487102 827392 sendmail.893.11.00
3733540319 1015808 sendmail.811.11.11.r1
--> 3842273936 860160 sendmail.893.11.11
3819176330 2281732 sendmail.811.11.22
Note: If you wish to verify the md5 sum and you do not
have a copy of md5, please refer to:
HPSBUX9408-016
Patch sums and the MD5 program
Note: Using your itrc account security bulletins can be
found here:
http://itrc.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/screen=ckiSecurityBulletin
->MD5 (sendmail.886.10.10) = 2af7445285f285a7865fb9c202b500fe
MD5 (sendmail.893.10.20) = fbc327a2be485b63a8d884f9a727648f
MD5 (sendmail.811.11.00) = aff4e97d8a07cdf23b68359b1e72494e
MD5 (sendmail.893.11.00) = a7f5c7d9004b04d95b895b8b5f703ac5
->MD5 (sendmail.811.11.11.r1) = c39290e21050f0460eed2cc67bc7b103
MD5 (sendmail.893.11.11) = 54d63cf32720b66bee44e79b634c9741
MD5 (sendmail.811.11.22) = 9871b8fd59f9aa39e66da2185681710e
--> d. Install the appropriate file as follows:
Copy the file to a protected directory such as /usr/sbin.
Login as root and run killsm:
killsm
Verify the sendmail daemon is not running:
ps -ef | grep sendmail
Make a backup copy of the existing sendmail:
cd /usr/sbin
cp sendmail sendmail.original
Note the permissions for reference:
ls -lia /usr/sbin/sendmail
Install the new sendmail:
cp sendmail.xxx.yy.zz sendmail
For example, on 11.22:
cp sendmail.811.11.22 sendmail
Restart sendmail.
If you were running sendmail before the killsm
command above, you can now restart it with the
following command (for HP-UX, not VVOS):
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start
Note: Do not execute the command above for VVOS 11.04
If you are running VVOS (Virtual Vault Operating
System) please do not start the sendmail daemon.
VVOS support does not allow for a sendmail daemon
to be running.
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Note: If you receive either of the following messages after
applying the fix, please follow the recommended action.
warning: /etc/mail/aliases has world read or
write permission. This is unsafe.
warning: /etc/mail/aliases.db has world read or
write permission. This is unsafe.
Recommended action
Execute the following commands.
chmod 640 /etc/mail/aliases
chmod 640 /etc/mail/aliases.db
sendmail -bi
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