SecurityFocus Linux Newsletter #117

John Boletta <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Feb 2003 09:27:46 -0700 (MST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.news.linux
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SecurityFocus Linux Newsletter #117
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I. FRONT AND CENTER
     1. Forensics on the Windows Platform, Part 1
     2. The Busy Life of a Welsh Virus-Writer
     3. New Book: Hacker's Challenge 2 Test Your Network Security...
     4. SecurityFocus DPP Program
     5. InfoSec World Conference and Expo/2003(March10-12,2003,Orlando,FL)
II. LINUX VULNERABILITY SUMMARY
     1. GNU Mailman 'email' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
     2. GNU Mailman Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
     3. slocate Local Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
     4. Blackboard Learning System search.pl SQL Injection Variant...
     5. Noffle Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
     6. Sun Java Virtual Machine Illegal Access To Object Methods...
     7. Sun JSSE/Java Plug-In/Java Web Start Incorrect Certificate...
     8. SpamAssassin BSMTP Mode Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
     9. YaBB SE News.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
     10. FTLS GuestBook Script Injection Vulnerability
     11. DotProject Remote File Include Vulnerability
     12. MIT Kerberos Key Distribution Center Remote Format String...
     13. MIT Kerberos Remote Heap Corruption Vulnerability
     14. MIT Kerberos / Key Distribution Center Shared Key User...
     15. PLP Tools plpnfsd Syslog Format String Vulnerability
III. LINUX FOCUS LIST SUMMARY
     1. NIS with local root (Thread)
     2. Secure Web-Based Administration (Thread)
     3. Administrivia: Trimming replies (Thread)
IV. NEW PRODUCTS FOR LINUX PLATFORM
     1. McAfee Active Virus Defense Small Business Edition
     2. F-Secure Anti-Virus Total Suite
     3. eTrust Antivirus
V. NEW TOOLS FOR LINUX PLATFORMS
     1. TinyMonitor v0.9b
     2. J2SSH v0.0.4
     3. Bastille Linux v2.0.4
VI. SPONSOR INFORMATION



I. FRONT AND CENTER
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1. Forensics on the Windows Platform, Part 1
By Jamie Morris

This article, the first in a two-part series about forensics on the
Windows platform, will examine the preparatory steps that can be taken by
both investigators and system administrators alike. While this series is
concerned with Windows-specific investigations, this article will examine
some basic, non-technical concepts that are applicable to all forensic
investigations.

http://online.securityfocus.com/infocus/1661

2. The Busy Life of a Welsh Virus-Writer
By George Smith

The prison-bound author of the Gokar virus loves shoes, pole dancers and
personal self-disclosure. His blog tells all.

http://online.securityfocus.com/columnists/138

3. New Book: Hacker's Challenge 2 Test Your Network Security & Forensic
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II. BUGTRAQ SUMMARY
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1. GNU Mailman 'email' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6677
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6677
Summary:

Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like
Majordomo and SmartList. It is written and maintained by the GNU Project
and is available for the Linux and Unix operating systems.

A cross site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Mailman.
The issue occurs due to insufficient sanitization of URI parameters.
Specifically, the 'email' URI parameter is not correctly filtered for
embedded HTML or script code.

As a result, attackers may embed malicious script code or HTML into a link
to a site running the vulnerable software. When this link is followed by a
web user, the attacker-supplied code will be interpreted in their web
browser in the security context of the site hosting the software.

It may be possible to steal the unsuspecting user's cookie-based
authentication credentials, as well as other sensitive information. Other
attacks are also possible.

2. GNU Mailman Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6678
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6678
Summary:

Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like
Majordomo and SmartList. It is written and maintained by the GNU Project
and is available for the Linux and Unix operating systems.

A cross site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Mailman.
The issue occurs due to insufficient sanitization of URI parameters.
Specifically, the 'language' variable is not sufficiently sanitized before
being included in error pages.

As a result, attackers may embed malicious script code or HTML into a link
to a site running the vulnerable software. When this link is followed by a
web user, the attacker-supplied code will be interpreted in their web
browser in the security context of the site hosting the software.

It may be possible to steal the unsuspecting user's cookie-based
authentication credentials, as well as other sensitive information. Other
attacks are also possible.

It has been reported that GNU Mailman 2.0.11 is not affected by this
issue.

3. slocate Local Buffer Overrun Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6676
Remote: No
Date Published: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6676
Summary:

Secure Locate (slocate) provides a secure way to index and quickly search
for files on your system. It is available for the Linux and Unix operating
systems. Typically slocate is installed with setgid 'slocate' privileges.

A buffer overrun vulnerability has been discovered in slocate. The issue
occurs when 1024, or more, bytes of data are supplied to both the regex
('-r') and the parse /etc/updatedb.conf ('-c') command line arguments.
This issue occurs due to insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied
input.

A malicious local user may be able to exploit this issue to overwrite
sensitive locations in memory. For instance, by overwriting the programs
instruction pointer it may be possible to redirect program flow to point
to attacker-supplied instructions. As slocate is typically installed with
setgid privileges, any code execution accomplished by an attacker will be
executed with group 'slocate' privileges. An attacker may leverage this
privilege escalation to exploit the target system further.

*** Conflicting details have been released which provide information
reporting that the issue described is not a buffer overflow. Furthermore,
the programming error that occurs may not be a security issue and thus not
exploitable.

4. Blackboard Learning System search.pl SQL Injection Variant Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6687
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 25 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6687
Summary:

Blackboard Learning system is a suite of software products available for
Microsoft Windows, Linux and Solaris servers that power an "e-Education
Infrastructure" for education providers.

Blackboard Learning System, in some cases, does not sufficiently sanitize
user-supplied input which is used when constructing SQL queries. As a
result, attackers may supply malicious parameters to manipulate the
structure and logic of SQL queries. This may result in unauthorized
operations being performed on the underlying database.

This vulnerability was reported to exist in the search.pl script file. A
remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to discover the passwords
of other users.

This vulnerability is a variant of the vulnerability described in BID
6655.

This vulnerability was reported for Blackboard Learning System 5.5.1,level
1 and 2. Previous releases may also be affected.

5. Noffle Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6695
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 27 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6695
Summary:

Noffle is a news (nntp) server designed to service few users and low speed
dial-up connections to the Internet. It is available for the Unix and
Linux operating systems.

A memory corruption bug has been discovered in Noffle. The issue can be
triggered remotely and may cause a segmentation violation in the affected
server.  This issue is likely caused when Noffles is attempting to process
a malicious news group or entry.

Although unconfirmed, this issue may be exploitable by a remote attacker
to trigger a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Attacker-supplied instructions would be executed with the privileges of
the invoker of Noffle, likely the 'news' user.

The technical details regarding this issue are currently unknown. This BID
will be updated when further information becomes available.

6. Sun Java Virtual Machine Illegal Access To Object Methods Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6681
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6681
Summary:

A vulnerability has been reported in the Sun Java Virtual Machine that may
allow illegal access to protected fields or methods of an object.

Precise technical details of this vulnerability are not currently known
however this vulnerability may have security implications. It may be
possible to exploit this vulnerability to gain read/write access to system
files despite the security constraints placed on the Applet sandbox. The
ability to access protected values may also be leveraged to launch other
attacks.

It may be possible to execute commands on target systems if this
vulnerability is exploited in conjunction with others.

7. Sun JSSE/Java Plug-In/Java Web Start Incorrect Certificate Validation Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6682
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 23 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6682
Summary:

Sun (Java Secure Socket Extension) JSSE is a series of Java packages to
facilitate secure network communications.  Java Plug-In is software to
enhance inter-operability with applets and Java beans.  It is included
with releases of JRE (Java Runtime Environment).  Java Web Start is
software to simplify deployment of Java applications, allowing users to
launch Java applications from embedded links in webpages.

In the case of JSSE, this may result in untrusted and potentially hostile
websites being successfully authenticated for SSL transactions.  If
successfully exploited, a malicious website may be validated for a SSL
transaction and this may lead to further attacks against the user based on
the false trust created by this vulnerability.  Applications which use
JSSE will be prone to this issue.

The vulnerability occurs if an SSLContext was initialized, using the
SSLContext.init() method, with an instance of the X509TrustManager
implementation. This will result in JSSE to incorrectly call the
isClientTrusted() method when determining trust decisions.

Java Plug-In and Java Web Start do not correctly validate signed JAR
files.  This may result in untrusted and potentially hostile code being
treated and therefore executed as though it is trusted.  An attacker may
exploit this to transmit a signed JAR file containing malicious code to a
user of the software, which will appear to be trusted by the software.
Any web browsers which are configured to use JRE and include the Java
Plug-In or Java Web Start may be prone to this issue.

It is not currently known what circumstances are required to reproduce
these conditions. Though not verified, this may be similar to the issue
described in BID 5410.

8. SpamAssassin BSMTP Mode Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6679
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679
Summary:

SpamAssassin is a mail filter to identify and process spam. It is
available for Linux and Unix variant operating systems.

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported for SpamAssassin. The
vulnerability exists when SpamAssassin has been configured for use with
BSMTP (Batch Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) processing.

SpamAssassin uses the program spamc to process mail. 'spamc' is the client
program that feeds data to the spamd service that processes email. BSMTP
processing is enabled by executing spamc with the '-B' option.

The vulnerability occurs when SpamAssassin is escaping '.' characters when
processing email headers. Due to insufficient bounds checking performed by
the filter, it is possible for a remote attacker to trigger the buffer
overflow condition.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by composing a malicious email
with specific headers. This will cause the buffer overflow condition in
the program, spamc. This may result in malicious attacker-supplied code
being executed with the privileges of the spamc process.

It should be noted that this issue allows an attacker to write the value
of the '.' character to the LSB of the value stored above the affected
buffer. Under some circumstances this may be the function's saved frame
pointer but the exploitability of this issue is highly volatile.

This vulnerability was reported to affect SpamAssassin 2.40 to 2.43.

9. YaBB SE News.PHP Remote File Include Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6674
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 24 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6674
Summary:

YaBB SE is a freely available, open source port of Yet Another Bulletin
Board (YaBB). It is available for a number of platforms include Unix,
Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

A vulnerability has been discovered in YaBB SE. Due to insufficient
sanitization of some user-supplied variables by the 'News.php' script, it
is possible for a remote attacker to include a malicious PHP file in a
URL.

An attacker may exploit this by supplying a path to a maliciously created
file, located on an attacker-controlled host as a value for the
'$template' parameter.

If the remote file is a malicious PHP script, this may allow for execution
of attacker-supplied PHP code with the privileges of the webserver.
Successful exploitation may provide local access to the attacker.

This vulnerability was reported for YaBB SE 1.5.1 and earlier.

10. FTLS GuestBook Script Injection Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6686
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 25 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6686
Summary:

FTLS Guestbook is freely available guestbook software. It will run on most
Unix and Linux variants, as well as Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Guestbook does not adequately filter HTML tags from various fields. This
may enable an attacker to inject arbitrary script code into pages that are
generated by the guestbook.

The attacker's script code may be executed in the web client of arbitrary
users who view the pages generated by the guestbook, in the security
context of the website running the software.

Attackers may potentially exploit this issue to hijack web content or to
steal cookie-based authentication credentials.

This vulnerability was reported for FTLS Guestbook 1.1.

11. DotProject Remote File Include Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6710
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 28 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6710
Summary:

dotproject is web-based project management software, written in PHP. It is
designed to run on Unix and Linux variants.

dotproject is prone to an issue which may allow remote attackers to
include arbitrary files located on remote servers. This issue is present
in several PHP script files provided with dotproject in the 'modules'
directory which try to include the file 'classdefs/date.php'.

The following are a list of scripts that are affected:
modules/projects/addedit.php
modules/projects/view.php
modules/projects/vw_files.php
modules/tasks/addedit.php
modules/tasks/viewgantt.php

Under some circumstances, it is possible for remote attackers to influence
the include path for 'date.php' to point to an external file on a remote
server by manipulating the $root_dir URI parameter.

If the remote file is a malicious PHP script, this may be exploited to
execute arbitrary commands in the context of the webserver.

12. MIT Kerberos Key Distribution Center Remote Format String Vulnerabilities
BugTraq ID: 6712
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 28 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6712
Summary:

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol. It is designed to provide
strong authentication for client/server applications by using secret- key
cryptography. Kerberos is written and maintained by MIT. It is available
for a variety of platforms including the Microsoft Windows, Unix, and
Linux operating systems.

A number of vulnerabilities have been reported in the MIT Kerberos Key
Distribution Center (KDC). It has been reported that KDC fails to supply
sufficient format specifiers when handling user-supplied data.
Specifically, principal names supplied by a remote user are handled by
functions of the printf family without supplying format specifiers. It has
been determined that under some cirumstances an unauthenticated remote
user may be able to pass principal names to an affected server.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by supplying a maliciously
crafted principal name containing format specifiers. By writing
attacker-controlled values to memory using the %n format specifier, it may
be possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

As this issue affects older releases of Kerberos, a BID may already exist.
If this is issue proves to be covered in a previous database entry, this
BID will be retired and the correct BID will be updated accordingly.

13. MIT Kerberos Remote Heap Corruption Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6713
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 28 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6713
Summary:

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol. It is designed to provide
strong authentication for client/server applications by using secret- key
cryptography. Kerberos is written and maintained by MIT. It is available
for a variety of platforms including the Microsoft Windows, Unix, and
Linux operating systems.

A vulnerability has been discovered in MIT Kerberos. It has been reported
that, due to insufficient bounds checking and sanitization of
user-supplied data, Kerberos is prone to memory corruption.

A remote attacker may trigger this condition my supplying a negative
length value in a malicious packet sent to a target server. This may
result in insufficient memory being allocated or cause invalid memory to
be referenced. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a
denial of service.

Due to the nature of this vulnerability it may be possible for an attacker
to create a situation in which sensitive memory could be overwritten. If
successful this could allow for the execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of Kerberos. The possibility of exploitation of this issue to
execute code, however, has not been confirmed.

As this issue affects older releases of Kerberos, a BID may already exist.
If this is issue proves to be covered in a previous database entry, this
BID will be retired and the correct BID will be updated accordingly.

14. MIT Kerberos / Key Distribution Center Shared Key User Spoofing Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6714
Remote: Yes
Date Published: Jan 29 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6714
Summary:

Kerberos is a network authentication protocol. It is designed to provide
strong authentication for client/server applications by using secret- key
cryptography. Kerberos is written and maintained by MIT. It is available
for a variety of platforms including the Microsoft Windows, Unix, and
Linux operating systems.

A vulnerability has been discovered MIT Kerberos and Key Distribution
Center (KDC). It has been reported that a user within a realm implementing
shared keys may be able to spoof another legitimate non-local user.

This issue is exploitable due to insufficent realm transit path
verification by the affected software.

This vulnerable exists only if non-local principal names are located in
the KDC's access control list. The ability to impersonate another
legitimate user may be leveraged by an attacker to obtain sensitive
information. Under some cirumstances a malicious attacker may be able to
impersonate a user with additional privileges to their own.

This issue affects MIT Kerberos 5 release 1.2.2 and earlier. As this issue
affects older releases of Kerberos, a BID may already exist. If this is
issue proves to be covered in a previous database entry, this BID will be
retired and the correct BID will be updated accordingly.

15. PLP Tools plpnfsd Syslog Format String Vulnerability
BugTraq ID: 6715
Remote: No
Date Published: Jan 29 2003 12:00AM
Relevant URL:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6715
Summary:

PLP Tools is a collection of libraries and utilities for enabling Unix and
Linux variant systems to communicate with a Psion palmtop over a serial
line. plpnfsd is the server application that allows users to mount Psion
filesystems on workstations.

A vulnerability has been reported for plpnfsd that may result in an
attacker obtaining elevated privileges on the vulnerable system.

Due to a programming error, it may be possible to exploit a format string
vulnerability in plpnfsd. A logging function in plpnfsd contains insecure
syslog() calls. This could result in the execution of attacker-supplied
code.

The vulnerability occurs when plpnfsd receives a carefully constructed
directory name that include malicious format string specifiers. In the
event that this vulnerability is exploited, an attacker could cause
arbitrary locations in memory to be corrupted with attacker-specified data
and execute code with elevated privileges.

This vulnerability is also exacerbated by the fact that the plpnfsd daemon
is installed with setuid root privileges.

This vulnerability was reported for plptools 0.6.


III. LINUX FOCUS LIST SUMMARY
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1. NIS with local root (Thread)
Relevant URL:

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/91/309475

2. Secure Web-Based Administration (Thread)
Relevant URL:

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/91/309114

3. Administrivia: Trimming replies (Thread)
Relevant URL:

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/91/309085


IV. NEW PRODUCTS FOR LINUX PLATFORM
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1. McAfee Active Virus Defense Small Business Edition
by Network Associates
Platforms: Linux, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows XP
http://www.mcafeesecurity.com/products/small-business/active-virus.asp
Summary:

This product suite serves as your dedicated anti-virus department. This
edition not only features VirusScan, WebShield, and NetShield to defend
all tiers of your network, it adds the control of ePolicy Ochestrator.
This flexible tool lets you enforce your chosen anti-virus policy, and
gives you unprecedented visibility into virus defense across your network.
Active Virus Defense Small Business Edition prevents outbreaks, promotes
productivity, and protects your anti-virus budget.

2. F-Secure Anti-Virus Total Suite
by F-Secure Corporation
Platforms: DOS, Linux, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows XP
http://www.f-secure.com/products/anti-virus/totalsuite/
Summary:

F-Secure Anti-Virus Total Suite includes all critical components for
corporate virus security. By using F-Secure's award winning workstation,
file server, email server and firewall anti-virus products, you are always
protected even against the latest threats. All F-Secure Anti-Virus Total
Suite products are centrally manageable with one easy to use management
solution, F-Secure Policy Manager.

3. eTrust Antivirus
by Computer Associates International, Inc.
Platforms: Linux, MacOS, Netware, Solaris, SunOS, Windows 2000, Windows
95/98, Windows NT, Windows XP
http://www3.ca.com/Solutions/ProductFamily.asp?ID=156
Summary:

eTrust Antivirus is a set of award-winning antivirus solutions, providing
superior protection against today's most prevalent security threat ?
viruses. Based on advanced technology, eTrust Antivirus reduces virus
infections, simplifies and automates updating, and eases administration.
eTrust Antivirus is certified by ICSA Labs for detecting 100% of "in the
wild" viruses.


V. NEW TOOLS FOR LINUX PLATFORMS
--------------------------------
1. TinyMonitor v0.9b
by Brian Shellabarger
Relevant URL:
http://www.glug.com/projects/
Platforms: FreeBSD, Linux, POSIX, Solaris, SunOS, UNIX
Summary:

TinyMonitor is written in Perl and was created out of pure necessity for a
simple monitoring program that watched the actual content of returned
pages rather than simply checking to see if the httpd service was running.
It can be used for simple Web server monitoring (i.e., is it actually
delivering content?) or to verify that a page is returning what you expect
(i.e., a 200 rather than a 404). It is very small and designed to work
through cron. Alerts are sent via email to a pager or SMS phone.

2. J2SSH v0.0.4
by Richard Pernavas
Relevant URL:
http://www.sshtools.com
Platforms: Os Independent
Summary:

J2SSH is an object-orientated Java implementation of the SSH2 protocol. It
provides a rich, powerful, and extensible SSH API that enables developers
to gain access to SSH servers and to develop entire SSH client/server
frameworks. The API library provides a fully-featured SSH2 implementation
specifically designed for cross-platform development. Higher level
components, representing both the standard SSH client and SSH servers, are
provided which implement the protocol specification for user sessions and
port forwarding. The specification currently supports public-key and
password authentication, with X11 forwarding and SFTP to follow.

3. Bastille Linux v2.0.4
by Jay Beale jay@bastille dash linux.org
Relevant URL:
http://www.bastille-linux.org/
Platforms: Linux
Summary:

Bastille Linux aims to be the most comprehensive, flexible, and
educational Security Hardening Program for Red Hat, Mandrake, and Debian
Linux, along with HP-UX. Virtually every task it performs is optional,
providing immense flexibility. It educates the installing admin regarding
the topic at hand before asking any question. The interactive nature
allows the program to be more thorough when securing, while the
educational component produces an admin who is less likely to compromise
the increased security.



VI. SPONSOR INFORMATION
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