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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0042 -- [Solaris]
Security Vulnerability in the kcms_calibrate(1) Command
24 January 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kcms_calibrate
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris 9
Solaris 8
Impact: Root Compromise
Access: Existing Account
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-26-102728-1
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Sun(sm) Alert Notification
* Sun Alert ID: 102728
* Synopsis: Security Vulnerability in the kcms_calibrate(1) Command
* Category: Security
* Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
* BugIDs: 6272418
* Avoidance: Patch, Workaround
* State: Resolved
* Date Released: 22-Jan-2007
* Date Closed: 22-Jan-2007
* Date Modified:
1. Impact
A security vulnerability in the kcms_calibrate(1) command may allow
local unprivileged users to execute arbitrary commands with root
privileges.
Sun acknowledges, with thanks, Cees-Bart Breunesse of the University
of Nijmegen for bringing this issue to our attention.
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 8 without patch 111400-04
* Solaris 9 without patch 114636-04
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 without patch 111401-04
* Solaris 9 without patch 114637-04
Note: Solaris 10 is not affected by this issue since the Kodak Color
Management System (KCMS) no longer ships in Solaris 10 and later.
3. Symptoms
There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described
issue has been exploited to execute arbitrary code on a system.
4. Relief/Workaround
To prevent this issue from occurring until the patches listed in
section 5 can be applied, the set-user-ID bit can be removed from the
kcms_calibrate(1) binary using the following command as the root (uid
0) user:
# chmod u-s /usr/openwin/bin/kcms_calibrate
Alternatively if the Kodak Color Management System (KCMS) utilities
are not being used the following packages can be removed from the
system using pkgrm(1M):
Core KCMS packages:
application SUNWkcslx KCMS Runtime Library (64-bit)
application SUNWkcspf KCMS Optional Profiles
application SUNWkcspg KCMS Programmers Environment
application SUNWkcspx KCMS Programmers Environment (64-bit)
system SUNWkcsrl KCMS Runtime Library Support
system SUNWkcsrr KCMS Runtime Profiles
application SUNWkcsrt KCMS Runtime Environment
application SUNWkcsrx KCMS Runtime Environment (64-bit)
Translated KCMS packages:
ALE SUNWckcsr Simplified Chinese (EUC) KCMS Runtime Environment
application SUNWdkcsr German KCMS Runtime Environment
application SUNWekcsr Spanish KCMS Runtime Environment
application SUNWfkcsr French KCMS Runtime Environment
ALE SUNWhkcsr Traditional Chinese (EUC) KCMS Runtime Environment
application SUNWikcsr Italian KCMS Runtime Environment
application SUNWjkcsr Japanese KCMS Runtime Environment
ALE SUNWkkcsr Korean (EUC) KCMS Runtime Environment
application SUNWskcsr Swedish KCMS Runtime Environment
The following command uses pkgrm(1) as the root user to remove all of
the above packages:
# pkgrm SUNWkcslx SUNWkcspf SUNWkcspg SUNWkcspx SUNWkcsrl SUNWkcsrr \
SUNWkcsrt SUNWkcsrx SUNWckcsr SUNWdkcsr SUNWekcsr SUNWfkcsr SUNWhkcsr \
SUNWikcsr SUNWjkcsr SUNWkkcsr SUNWskcsr
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 111400-04 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 114636-04 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 8 with patch 111401-04 or later
* Solaris 9 with patch 114637-04 or later
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