-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Local kernel memory disclosure Category: core Module: sys Announced: 2005-05-06 Credits: Christian S.J. Peron Uwe Doering Affects: All FreeBSD releases prior to 5.4-RELEASE Corrected: 2005-05-08 10:19:37 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE) 2005-05-07 03:58:26 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE) 2005-05-08 10:23:52 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p14) 2005-05-08 10:26:42 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE) 2005-05-08 10:29:54 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p8) 2005-05-08 10:35:56 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p13) CVE Name: CAN-2005-1406 For general information regarding FreeBSD Security Advisories, including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the following sections, please visit . 0. Revision History v1.0 2005-05-06 Initial release. v1.1 2005-05-07 Updated patch to include related issues reported by Uwe Doering. I. Background In many parts of the FreeBSD kernel, names (of mount points, devices, files, etc.) are manipulated as NULL-terminated strings, but are provided to applications within fixed-length buffers. II. Problem Description In several places, variable-length strings were copied into fixed-length buffers without zeroing the unused portion of the buffer. III. Impact The previous contents of part of the fixed-length buffers will be disclosed to applications. Such memory might contain sensitive information, such as portions of the file cache or terminal buffers. This information might be directly useful, or it might be leveraged to obtain elevated privileges in some way. For example, a terminal buffer might include a user-entered password. IV. Workaround No workaround is available. V. Solution Perform one of the following: 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE or 5-STABLE, or to the RELENG_5_3, RELENG_4_11, or RELENG_4_10 security branch dated after the correction date. 2) To patch your present system: The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 4.10, 4.11, and 5.3 systems. a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the detached PGP signature using your PGP utility. [FreeBSD 4.x] # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:08/kmem4x.patch # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:08/kmem4x.patch.asc [FreeBSD 5.x] # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:08/kmem5x.patch # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:08/kmem5x.patch.asc b) Apply the patch. # cd /usr/src # patch < /path/to/patch c) Recompile your kernel as described in and reboot the system. VI. Correction details The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was corrected in FreeBSD. Branch Revision Path - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELENG_4 src/sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c 1.54.2.11 src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c 1.249.2.32 src/sys/net/if_mib.c 1.8.2.3 src/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c 1.42.2.8 src/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c 1.64.2.20 src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c 1.73.2.34 src/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c 1.64.2.20 RELENG_4_11 src/UPDATING 1.72.2.91.2.9 src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.44.2.39.2.12 src/sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c 1.54.2.10.8.1 src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c 1.249.2.31.6.1 src/sys/net/if_mib.c 1.8.2.2.2.1 src/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c 1.42.2.7.2.1 src/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c 1.64.2.19.2.1 src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c 1.73.2.33.4.1 src/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c 1.64.2.19.6.1 RELENG_4_10 src/UPDATING 1.73.2.90.2.14 src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.44.2.34.2.15 src/sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c 1.54.2.10.6.1 src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c 1.249.2.31.4.1 src/sys/net/if_mib.c 1.8.2.1.16.2 src/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c 1.42.2.6.6.1 src/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c 1.64.2.18.4.1 src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c 1.73.2.33.2.1 src/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c 1.64.2.19.4.1 RELENG_5 src/sys/kern/subr_bus.c 1.156.2.7 src/sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c 1.138.2.14 src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c 1.522.2.5 src/sys/net/if_mib.c 1.13.4.2 src/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c 1.98.2.3 src/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c 1.142.2.5 src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c 1.201.2.18 src/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c 1.162.2.8 RELENG_5_4 src/UPDATING 1.342.2.24.2.9 src/sys/kern/subr_bus.c 1.156.2.5.2.1 src/sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c 1.138.2.13.2.1 src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c 1.522.2.4.2.1 src/sys/net/if_mib.c 1.13.4.1.2.1 src/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c 1.98.2.2.2.1 src/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c 1.142.2.4.2.1 src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c 1.201.2.15.2.1 src/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c 1.162.2.7.2.1 RELENG_5_3 src/UPDATING 1.342.2.13.2.17 src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.62.2.15.2.19 src/sys/kern/subr_bus.c 1.156.2.2.2.1 src/sys/kern/uipc_usrreq.c 1.138.2.2.2.2 src/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c 1.522.2.1.2.1 src/sys/net/if_mib.c 1.13.6.1 src/sys/netinet/ip_divert.c 1.98.4.1 src/sys/netinet/raw_ip.c 1.142.2.2.2.1 src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c 1.201.2.1.2.2 src/sys/netinet/udp_usrreq.c 1.162.2.3.2.1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest revision of this advisory is available at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCfe9TFdaIBMps37IRAoANAJ9SvXgbD8c2Pw4akOWba95PklG1NgCeOPce Ib7DiBQuu7LR2ZG70BP+eKQ= =8wrv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----