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patches for easier mirroring, to eliminate a special copy, to make www.freebsd.org/security a full copy of security.freebsd.org and be eventually be the same. For now files are just sitting there. The symlinks are missing. Discussed on: www (repository location) Discussed with: simon (so)
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FreeBSD-SA-01:27 Security Advisory
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FreeBSD, Inc.
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Topic: cfengine port contains remote root vulnerability
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Category: ports
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Module: cfengine
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Announced: 2001-03-12
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Credits: Pekka Savola <pekkas@NETCORE.FI>
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Affects: Ports collection prior to the correction date.
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Corrected: 2001-01-21
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Vendor status: Updated version released
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FreeBSD only: NO
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I. Background
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cfengine is a system for automating the configuration and maintenance
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of large networks.
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II. Problem Description
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The cfengine port, versions prior to 1.6.1, contained several format
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string vulnerabilities which allow a remote attacker to execute
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arbitrary code on the local system as the user running cfengine,
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usually user root.
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The cfengine port is not installed by default, nor is it "part of
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FreeBSD" as such: it is part of the FreeBSD ports collection, which
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contains nearly 4700 third-party applications in a ready-to-install
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format. The ports collections shipped with FreeBSD 3.5.1 and 4.2
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contain this problem since it was discovered after the releases.
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FreeBSD makes no claim about the security of these third-party
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applications, although an effort is underway to provide a security
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audit of the most security-critical ports.
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III. Impact
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Arbitrary remote users can execute code on the local system as the
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user running cfengine, usually user root.
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If you have not chosen to install the cfengine port/package, then your
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system is not vulnerable to this problem.
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IV. Workaround
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One of the following:
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1) Deinstall the cfengine port/package, if you have installed it.
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2) Implement access controls on connections to the cfengine server,
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either at the application level using the cfengine configuration file,
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or by using network-level packet filtering on the local system using
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ipfw(8)/ipf(8), or on the perimeter firewalls.
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V. Solution
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One of the following:
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1) Upgrade your entire ports collection and rebuild the cfengine port.
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2) Deinstall the old package and install a new package dated after the
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correction date, obtained from:
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[i386]
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/sysutils/cfengine-1.6.3.tar.gz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/sysutils/cfengine-1.6.3.tar.gz
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[alpha]
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Packages are not automatically generated for the alpha architecture at
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this time due to lack of build resources.
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3) download a new port skeleton for the cfengine port from:
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http://www.freebsd.org/ports/
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and use it to rebuild the port.
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4) Use the portcheckout utility to automate option (3) above. The
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portcheckout port is available in /usr/ports/devel/portcheckout or the
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package can be obtained from:
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-4-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/alpha/packages-5-current/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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