Overview
Star can call external programs specified by the RSH environment variable. This may permit a malicious local user to gain elevated privileges.
Description
Star is a tape archiving program similar to tar. Star permits the use of storage devices on remote machines via an access program on the local machine. This access program is specified in the RSH environment variable. Star fails to drop the effective user ID (euid) when calling the program specified by the RSH environment variable. |
Impact
By specifying a shell script of their own devising, malicious local users can execute arbitrary code with permissions of the star program. If star is suid root, the arbitrary code will run with root permissions. |
Solution
This issue is resolved in star 1.5a46, available at the star download page. |
In general, do not run programs as setuid root if such a permission level is not required. |
Vendor Information
Debian Affected
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 13, 2004
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
The stable Debian release (woody, 3.0) is not affected by these.
The testing/unstable release will be fixed by using the new upstream release.
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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TurboLinux Affected
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: April 04, 2005
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
This issue was fixed.
Please refer this sites:
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2004/TLSA-2004-26.txt
http://www.turbolinux.co.jp/security/2004/TLSA-2004-26j.txt
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Apple Computer Inc. Not Affected
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 13, 2004
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
Apple: "cdrecord" and "star" are not included in Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server. The issues reported in this Vulnerability Note do not apply to Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server.
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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FreeBSD Not Affected
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 13, 2004
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
FreeBSD is not affected. These applications are not installed set-user-ID root by the FreeBSD Ports Collection.
Vendor Information
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Addendum
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Juniper Networks Not Affected
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 14, 2004
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
Juniper Networks products are not susceptible to this vulnerability
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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MandrakeSoft Not Affected
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 10, 2004
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Openwall GNU/*/Linux Not Affected
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 15, 2004
Status
Not Affected
Vendor Statement
Openwall GNU/*/Linux is not vulnerable. We do not package cdrecord or star.
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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Conectiva Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Cray Inc. Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
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EMC Corporation Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Engarde Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Fujitsu Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Hewlett-Packard Company Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Hitachi Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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IBM Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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IBM eServer Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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IBM-zSeries Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Immunix Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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Ingrian Networks Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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MontaVista Software Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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NEC Corporation Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
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NETBSD Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
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Nokia Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Novell Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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OpenBSD Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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Redhat Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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SCO Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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SGI Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
We have not received a statement from the vendor.
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Sequent Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
Vendor Statement
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Sony Corporation Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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SuSE Inc. Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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Sun Microsystems Inc. Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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Unisys Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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Wind River Systems Inc. Unknown
Notified: September 10, 2004 Updated: September 16, 2004
Status
Unknown
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CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Joerg Schilling for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2004-0850 |
| Severity Metric: | 4.28 |
| Date Public: | 2004-08-26 |
| Date First Published: | 2004-09-16 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2004-09-17 18:44 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 7 |