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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > April 2006 > Four SCO Security Advisories

April 2006

Four SCO Security Advisories

ID: 00310
Ref: 306/2006
Date: 24 April 2006:13:53:20
Version: 1

Title: Four SCO Security Advisories
Abstract:
Vendors affected: SCO
Operating systems affected: SCO
Applications affected: SCO

Title
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Four SCO Security Advisories:

1. SCOSA-2006.19 - OpenServer 5.0.7 OpenServer 6.0.0 : GhostScript Insecure Temporary
File Creation Vulnerability

2. SCOSA-2006.20 OpenServer 5.0.7 OpenServer 6.0.0 : CUPS Multiple Buffer Overflow
Vulnerabilities

3. SCOSA-2006.21 UnixWare 7.1.4 : CUPS Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

4. SCOSA-2006.22 UnixWare 7.1.3 UnixWare 7.1.4 : X Server Arbitrary Code Execution

Detail
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1. Ghostscript is affected by an insecure temporary file creation
vulnerability. This issue is likely due to a design error
that causes the application to fail to verify the existence
of a file before writing to it.

2. Some vulnerabilities have been reported in CUPS, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

3. Some vulnerabilities have been reported in CUPS, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

4. Multiple X Window System server applications share code
that may contain a flaw in the memory allocation for large
pixmaps. The affected products include X server applications.




1.


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SCO Security Advisory

Subject: OpenServer 5.0.7 OpenServer 6.0.0 : GhostScript Insecure Temporary
File Creation Vulnerability
Advisory number: SCOSA-2006.19
Issue date: 2006 April 11
Cross reference: fz533156
CVE-2004-0967
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1. Problem Description

Ghostscript is affected by an insecure temporary file creation
vulnerability. This issue is likely due to a design error
that causes the application to fail to verify the existence
of a file before writing to it.

An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that
activates the vulnerable application. Reportedly this issue
is unlikely to facilitate privilege escalation.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0967 to
this issue.


2. Vulnerable Supported Versions

System Binaries
----------------------------------------------------------------------
OpenServer 5.0.7 Ghostscript package
OpenServer 6.0.0 Ghostscript package


3. Solution

The proper solution is to install the latest packages.


4. OpenServer 5.0.7

4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.19


4.2 Verification

MD5 (p533156.507_vol.tar) = ae7c290a3b686c4bc01bdd0dc4adc1af

md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools


4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

Upgrade the affected binaries with the following sequence:

1) Download p533156.507_vol.tar to a directory.

2) Extract VOL* files.

# tar xvf p533156.507_vol.tar

3) Run the custom command, specify an install
from media images, and specify the directory as
the location of the images.


5. OpenServer 6.0.0

5.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver6/600/mp/osr600mp2/osr600mp2.iso


5.2 Verification

MD5 (osr600mp2.iso) = 7e560dcde374eb60df2b4a599ac20d8a

md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools


5.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

See the SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Maintenance Pack 2 Release
and Installation Notes:

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver6/600/mp/osr600mp2/osr600mp2.html


6. References

Specific references for this advisory:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11285/references
http://secunia.com/advisories/12903/

SCO security resources:
http://www.sco.com/support/security/index.html

SCO security advisories via email
http://www.sco.com/support/forums/security.html

This security fix closes SCO incidents fz533156.


7. Disclaimer

SCO is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information
we provide on this website and/or through our security
advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended
to promote secure installation and use of SCO products.


8. Acknowledgments

Trustix security engineers are credited with the discovery of
this vulnerability.

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SCO Security Advisory

Subject: OpenServer 5.0.7 OpenServer 6.0.0 : CUPS Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Advisory number: SCOSA-2006.20
Issue date: 2006 April 18
Cross reference: fz533446
CVE-2005-3191 CVE-2005-3192 CVE-2005-3193
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1. Problem Description

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in CUPS, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable
version of Xpdf.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-3191,
CVE-2005-3192, and CVE-2005-3193 to these issues.


2. Vulnerable Supported Versions

System Binaries
----------------------------------------------------------------------
OpenServer 5.0.7 Cups package
OpenServer 6.0.0 Cups package


3. Solution

The proper solution is to install the latest packages.


4. OpenServer 5.0.7

4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.20


4.2 Verification

MD5 (p533446.507_vol.tar) = 6150ddaec1548e98e543ae030b2c9de4

md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools


4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

Upgrade the affected binaries with the following sequence:

1) Download p533446.507_vol.tar to a directory.

2) Extract VOL* files.

# tar xvf p533446.507_vol.tar

3) Run the custom command, specify an install
from media images, and specify the directory as
the location of the images.


5. OpenServer 6.0.0

5.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.20


5.2 Verification

MD5 (p533446.600_vol.tar) = c4e87cee43acf3e6a55d0416601c92a6

md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools


5.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

Upgrade the affected binaries with the following sequence:

1) Download p533446.600_vol.tar to a directory.

2) Extract VOL* files.

# tar xvf p533446.600_vol.tar

3) Run the custom command, specify an install
from media images, and specify the directory as
the location of the images.


6. References

Specific references for this advisory:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3191
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3192
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3193
http://secunia.com/advisories/17976/

SCO security resources:
http://www.sco.com/support/security/index.html

SCO security advisories via email
http://www.sco.com/support/forums/security.html

This security fix closes SCO incidents fz533446.


7. Disclaimer

SCO is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information
we provide on this website and/or through our security
advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended
to promote secure installation and use of SCO products.


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SCO Security Advisory

Subject: UnixWare 7.1.4 : CUPS Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Advisory number: SCOSA-2006.21
Issue date: 2006 April 18
Cross reference: fz533446
CVE-2005-3191 CVE-2005-3192 CVE-2005-3193
______________________________________________________________________________


1. Problem Description

Some vulnerabilities have been reported in CUPS, which can
be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable
version of Xpdf.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-3191,
CVE-2005-3192, and CVE-2005-3193 to these issues.


2. Vulnerable Supported Versions

System Binaries
----------------------------------------------------------------------
UnixWare 7.1.4 Cups package


3. Solution

The proper solution is to install the latest packages.


4. UnixWare 7.1.4

4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.21


4.2 Verification

MD5 (p533446.714.image) = 1bbbd92df9260f0ac32cf27ad03b4532

md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools


4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

Upgrade the affected binaries with the following sequence:

Download p533446.714.image to the /var/spool/pkg directory

# pkgadd -d /var/spool/pkg/p533446.714.image


5. References

Specific references for this advisory:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3191
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3192
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3193
http://secunia.com/advisories/17976/

SCO security resources:
http://www.sco.com/support/security/index.html

SCO security advisories via email
http://www.sco.com/support/forums/security.html

This security fix closes SCO incidents fz533446.


6. Disclaimer

SCO is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information
we provide on this website and/or through our security
advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended
to promote secure installation and use of SCO products.


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SCO Security Advisory

Subject: UnixWare 7.1.3 UnixWare 7.1.4 : X Server Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Advisory number: SCOSA-2006.22
Issue date: 2006 April 21
Cross reference: fz532989
CVE-2005-2495
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1. Problem Description

Multiple X Window System server applications share code
that may contain a flaw in the memory allocation for large
pixmaps. The affected products include X server applications.

An integer overflow condition may result in a memory allocation
request returning an allocated region that is incorrectly
sized. The client may then be able to use the XDrawPoint()
and XGetImage() functions to read and write to arbitrary
locations in the X server's address space.

A malicious local authenticated attacker may be able to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X server.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2495 to
this issue.


2. Vulnerable Supported Versions

System Binaries
----------------------------------------------------------------------
UnixWare 7.1.3 xserver package
UnixWare 7.1.4 xserver package


3. Solution

The proper solution is to install the latest packages.


4. UnixWare 7.1.3

4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.22


4.2 Verification

MD5 (p532989.713.image) = f0c513384ff2aebb2b1d172ddbb27a6b

md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools


4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

Upgrade the affected binaries with the following sequence:

Download p532989.713.image to the /var/spool/pkg directory

# pkgadd -d /var/spool/pkg/p532989.713.image


5. UnixWare 7.1.4

5.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.22


5.2 Verification

MD5 (p532989.714.image) = 033d004c0aefa9f922d3aab971d8a801

md5 is available for download from
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/tools


5.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

Upgrade the affected binaries with the following sequence:

Download p532989.714.image to the /var/spool/pkg directory

# pkgadd -d /var/spool/pkg/p532989.714.image


6. References

Specific references for this advisory:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2495
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102441
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=594
http://secunia.com/advisories/16790/
http://secunia.com/advisories/16777/

SCO security resources:
http://www.sco.com/support/security/index.html

SCO security advisories via email
http://www.sco.com/support/forums/security.html

This security fix closes SCO incidents fz532989.


7. Disclaimer

SCO is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information
we provide on this website and/or through our security
advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended
to promote secure installation and use of SCO products.


8. Acknowledgments

Thanks to Luke Hutchison and Søren Sandmann Pedersen for reporting
this vulnerability.

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