FedCIRC Advisory FA-99-12 Originally released: July 30, 1999 Revised Date: August 8, 1999 Source: CERT/CC See also: [1]Cobalt Networks Security Announcement Systems Affected * Cobalt Networks RaQ2 single rack unit Internet servers I. Description A vulnerability has been discovered in the default configuration of Cobalt Networks RaQ2 servers that allows remote users to install arbitrary software packages to the system. RaQ2 servers are configured with an administrative webserver to process remote requests to manage the unit. Systems installed with the default configuration have insufficient access control mechanisms to prevent remote users from adding arbitrary software packages to the system using this webserver. A document published by Cobalt Networks describes the vulnerability and solutions in more detail: [2]http://noram.cobaltnet.com/support/security/index.html II. Impact Any remote user who can establish a connection to an administrative port on a vulnerable RaQ2 server can install arbitrary software packages on the server. This access can then be used to gain root privileges on the system. III. Solution Configure your Systems to Guard Against this Vulnerability Install the patches provided by Cobalt Networks: [3]http://www.cobaltnet.com/patches/RaQ2-Security-1.0.pkg (For RaQ2 servers) [4]http://www.cobaltnet.com/patches/RaQ2J-Security-1.0.pkg (For Japanese versions of the RaQ2 system) _________________________________________________________________ The CERT/CC wishes to thank Cobalt Networks for their assistance in developing this advisory. ______________________________________________________________________ This document is available from: [5]http://www2.fedcirc.gov/advisories/FA-99-12.html ______________________________________________________________________ FedCIRC Contact Information Email: [6]fedcirc@fedcirc.gov Phone: +1 888-282-0870 (24-hour toll-free hotline) Phone: +1 412-268-6321 (24-hour hotline) Fax: +1 412-268-6989 Postal address: FedCIRC CERT Coordination Center Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890 U.S.A. FedCIRC personnel answer the hotline 08:00-20:00 EST(GMT-5) / EDT(GMT-4) Monday through Friday; they are on call for emergencies during other hours, on U.S. holidays, and on weekends. Using encryption We strongly urge you to encrypt sensitive information sent by email. Our public PGP key is available from [7]http://www2.fedcirc.gov/keys.html If you prefer to use DES, please call the FedCIRC hotline for more information. Getting security information FedCIRC publications and other security information are available from our web site [8]http://www.fedcirc.gov/ FedCIRC (Federal Computer Incident Response Capability) is operated by the CERT/CC for the U.S. General Services Administration. FedCIRC provides security services to U.S. Federal civilian agencies. Copyright 1999 Carnegie Mellon University. Conditions for use, disclaimers, and sponsorship information can be found in [9]http://www.cert.org/legal_stuff.html * "CERT" and "CERT Coordination Center" are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ______________________________________________________________________ NO WARRANTY Any material furnished by Carnegie Mellon University and the Software Engineering Institute is furnished on an "as is" basis. Carnegie Mellon University makes no warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied as to any matter including, but not limited to, warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or merchantability, exclusivity or results obtained from use of the material. Carnegie Mellon University does not make any warranty of any kind with respect to freedom from patent, trademark, or copyright infringement. Revision History July 30, 1999: Initial release Aug 8, 1999: Updated link to Cobalt Networks announcement References 1. http://noram.cobaltnet.com/support/security/index.html 2. http://noram.cobaltnet.com/support/security/index.html 3. http://www.cobaltnet.com/patches/RaQ2-Security-1.0.pkg 4. http://www.cobaltnet.com/patches/RaQ2J-Security-1.0.pkg 5. http://www2.fedcirc.gov/advisories/FA-99-12.html 6. mailto:fedcirc@fedcirc.gov 7. http://www2.fedcirc.gov/keys.html 8. http://www.fedcirc.gov/ 9. http://www.cert.org/legal_stuff.html