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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                  ESB-2007.0565 -- [UNIX/Linux][Solaris]
        A Security Vulnerability in lbxproxy(1) may Allow Unauthori
                         zed Read Access to Files
                              10 August 2007

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:              lbxproxy
Publisher:            Sun Microsystems
Operating System:     UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                      Solaris 8, 9 and 10
Impact:               Access Privileged Data
Access:               Existing Account
CVE Names:            CVE-2007-4070

Original Bulletin:   
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102948-1

Comment: It has not yet been confirmed whether this vulnerability affects
         Solaris only, or also affects the upstream X.org and XFree86
         lbxproxy programs supplied to other platforms.
         
         System administrators running lbxproxy on other operating systems
         may consider restricting access to lbxproxy to trusted users only
         until this is resolved.

Revision History:  August 10 2007: Added CVE Name
                     July 27 2007: Initial Release

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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
     * Sun Alert ID: 102948
     * Synopsis: A Security Vulnerability in lbxproxy(1) may Allow
       Unauthorized Read Access to Files
     * Category: Security
     * Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System,
       Solaris 8 Operating System
     * BugIDs: 6473929
     * Avoidance: Patch, Workaround
     * State: Resolved
     * Date Released: 25-Jul-2007
     * Date Closed: 25-Jul-2007
     * Date Modified: 

1. Impact

   A Security Vulnerability in Low Bandwidth X proxy (lbxproxy(1)) may
   allow a local unprivileged user, the ability to read some data from
   any file that has group ownership of root on the system.

   lbxproxy(1) is used for making connections to the X11 Display Server
   (Xserver or Xorg) faster over a low bandWidth connection.

   Sun acknowledges with thanks, Charles Morris, Old Dominion University,
   for discovering and reporting this issue.

2. Contributing Factors

   This issue can occur in the following releases:

   SPARC Platform
     * Solaris 8 without patch 119067-08
     * Solaris 9 without patch 112785-62
     * Solaris 10 without patch 119059-28

   x86 Platform
     * Solaris 8 without patch 119068-08
     * Solaris 9 without patch 112786-51
     * Solaris 10 without patch 119060-27

3. Symptoms

   There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
   issue has been exploited. 

4. Relief/Workaround

   To work around the described issue until patches can be applied, users
   may wish to turn off the set group ID bit for the "lbxproxy" binary.
   This can be done by issuing the following command as root user:
    # chmod g-s /usr/openwin/bin/lbxproxy

   After the set group ID permissions have been removed the "lbxproxy"
   command should be run with the "-pn" option so that the program will
   continue to run after it fails to establish its well-known sockets and
   instead listen for client connections over TCP.

   The DISPLAY environment variable should be set using the format of
   "hostname:display" instead of just ":display" so that clients will
   connect over TCP.

5. Resolution

   This issue is addressed in the following releases:

   SPARC Platform
     * Solaris 8 with patch 119067-08 or later
     * Solaris 9 with patch 112785-62 or later
     * Solaris 10 with patch 119059-28 or later

   x86 Platform
     * Solaris 8 with patch 119068-08 or later
     * Solaris 9 with patch 112786-51 or later
     * Solaris 10 with patch 119060-27 or later

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