To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com announce@lists.caldera.com scoannmod@xenitec.on.ca ___________________________________________________________________________ Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory Subject: Open UNIX, UnixWare 7: sort creates temporary files insecurely Advisory number: CSSA-2002-SCO.2 Issue date: 2002 January 24 Cross reference: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Problem Description The sort command created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could be used by an unauthorized user to gain privilege. 2. Vulnerable Versions Operating System Version Affected Files ------------------------------------------------------------------ UnixWare 7 7.1.* /usr/bin/sort Open UNIX 8.0.0 /usr/bin/sort 3. Workaround None. 4. UnixWare 7, Open UNIX 8 4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openunix/CSSA-2002-SCO.2/ 4.2 Verification MD5 (erg711766.Z) = 7e640423400147d3c1c905c1ad0cfe23 md5 is available for download from ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/ 4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands: Download erg711766.Z to the /tmp directory # uncompress /tmp/erg711766.Z # pkgadd -d /tmp/erg711766 5. References This and other advisories are located at http://stage.caldera.com/support/security This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents sr848816, fz518198, erg711766. 6. Disclaimer Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information we provide on our website and/or through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended to promote secure installation and use of Caldera International products. ___________________________________________________________________________
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