Sun Security Bulletin #00176

[jg () FALSE NET (joshua grubman)]

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                   Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin

Bulletin Number:        #00176
Date:                   September 30, 1998
Cross-Ref:
Title:                  ftp
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1.  Bulletins Topics

    Sun announces the release of patches for Solaris(tm) 2.6, 2.5.1, 2.5,
    2.3 (SunOS(tm) 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.3), SunOS 4.1.4 and 4.1.3_U1 which
    relate to a vulnerability in the ftp program.

    Sun estimates that the release of patches for Solaris 2.4 (SunOS 5.4)
    that relate to the same vulnerability will be available within 9 weeks
    of the date of this bulletin.

    Sun recommends that you install the patches listed in section 4
    immediately on systems running SunOS 5.6, 5.5.1, 5.5, 5.3, 4.1.4 and
    4.1.3_U1 on systems that use ftp.

2.  Affected Supported Versions

    SunOS versions 5.6, 5.6_x86, 5.5.1, 5.5.1_x86, 5.5, 5.5_x86,
                   5.4, 5.4_x86, 5.3, 4.1.4 and 4.1.3_U1

3.  Understanding the Vulnerability

    The ftp command is the user interface to the Internet standard File
    Transfer Protocol (FTP).  ftp transfers files to and from a remote
    network site.  A vulnerability has been discovered in ftp client
    software whereby a malicious ftp server can trick the ftp client into
    executing arbitrary commands.

4.  List of Patches

    The following patches are available in relation to the above problem.

    SunOS               Patch ID
    _____               _________
    SunOS 5.6           106522-01
    SunOS 5.6_x86       106523-01
    SunOS 5.5.1         103603-09
    SunOS 5.5.1_x86     103604-09
    SunOS 5.5           103577-09
    SunOS 5.5_x86       103578-09
    SunOS 5.4           101945-60       ( available in 9 weeks )
    SunOS 5.4_x86       101946-53       ( available in 9 weeks )
    SunOS 5.3           101653-02
    SunOS 4.1.4         104477-04
    SunOS 4.1.3_U1      104454-04

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APPENDICES

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