Date:	Thu, 18 Feb 1999 01:30:35 +0100
From:	"Anthony C . Zboralski" <acz@HERT.ORG>
Subject:      [HERT] Advisory #002 Buffer overflow in lsof
To:	BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG

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  Advisory:        #00002
  Title:           lsof
  Date:            17 February 1999
  Summary:         Buffer overflow in lsof version 4.40 and prior
  IMPACT:          Local users may obtain root priviledge.

  Author:          Mariusz Tmoggie Marcinkiewicz <tmoggie@hert.org>
  Test Exploit:    kil3r@hert.org
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1. Background:

   lsof - list open files
   Lsof lists information about files opened by processes for most
   UNIX dialects.

   When lsof is setuid-root or setgid kmem, it is vulnerable to a buffer
   overflow that will lead to direct root compromise or root compromise
   thru live kernel patching.

   The paradox is that lsof is a great security tool for administrators and
   we encourage its uses as long as it is NOT setuid-root or setgid.

   Test exploit code for this vulnerability was developped by kil3r@hert.org
   and will be made available to lsof author, HERT collaborators, sponsors
   and partners.

2. Distributions known to be affected.

   OpenBSD 2.4's ports facility retrieves and builds lsof package setgid kmem.
   FreeBSD's ports facility retrieves and builds lsof package setgid kmem.
   SuSe Linux ships lsof setgid kmem.
   Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 ships lsof setgid kmem.
   Redhat Linux 5.2 ships lsof setgid kmem.

3. Recommendations

   Fix:

     chmod 0755 lsof

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