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FreeBSD-SA-01:34 Security Advisory
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FreeBSD, Inc.
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Topic: hylafax contains local compromise
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Category: ports
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Module: hylafax
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Announced: 2001-04-23
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Credits: Marcin Dawcewicz <miv@IIDEA.PL>
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Affects: Ports collection prior to the correction date.
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Corrected: 2001-04-17
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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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HylaFAX is a facsimile system for UNIX systems.
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II. Problem Description
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The hylafax port, versions prior to hylafax-4.1.b2_2, contains a
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format string bug in the hfaxd program. A local user may execute
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the hfaxd program with command-line arguments containing format string
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characters, potentially gaining root privileges on the local system.
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The hylafax 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 over 5000 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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The ports collection that shipped with FreeBSD 4.3 is not vulnerable
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since this problem was corrected prior to the release.
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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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Local users may gain root privileges on the local system.
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If you have not chosen to install the hylafax 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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Deinstall the hylafax port/package if you have installed it.
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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 hylafax 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/comms/hylafax-4.1.b2_2.tgz
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ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-current/comms/hylafax-4.1.b2_2.tgz
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NOTE: it may be several days before updated packages are available.
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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 hylafax 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-3-stable/devel/portcheckout-2.0.tgz
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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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