ID

VAR-201409-1154

CVE

CVE-2014-6278

TITLE

GNU bash Vulnerable to arbitrary command execution

DESCRIPTION

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 does not properly parse function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, and CVE-2014-6277. This vulnerability CVE-2014-6271 , CVE-2014-7169 ,and CVE-2014-6277 Vulnerability due to insufficient fix for.A third party may be able to execute arbitrary commands through a crafted environment. GNU Bash is prone to remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition. HP StoreEver ESL E-series Tape Library - Disable DHCP and only use static IP addressing. HP Virtual Library System (VLS) - Disable DHCP and only use static IP addressing. Note: HP and the switch vendor recommend running an active version of Fabric OS (FOS) listed on the HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website ( http://h20272.www2.hp.com/ ) and applying the work-around information provided in the MITIGATION INFORMATION section below to protect HP StoreFabric B-series switches from this vulnerability. - Utilize FOS password policy management to strengthen the complexity, age, and history requirements of switch account passwords. HP Vertica AMI's and Virtual Machines prior to v7.1.1-0. HP has released the following updates to resolve this vulnerability for HP Vertica products. Update to the latest VM image available at: https://my.vertica.com For customers using the AMI version HP Vertica Analytics platform, please install the latest image available at Amazon. Under Step2: your ITRC operating systems - verify your operating system selections are checked and save. To update an existing subscription: http://h30046.www3.hp.com/subSignIn.php Log in on the web page: Subscriber's choice for Business: sign-in. On the web page: Subscriber's Choice: your profile summary - use Edit Profile to update appropriate sections. HP is continually reviewing and enhancing the security features of software products to provide customers with current secure solutions. "HP is broadly distributing this Security Bulletin in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected HP products the important security information contained in this Bulletin. HP recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. HP does not warrant that this information is necessarily accurate or complete for all user situations and, consequently, HP will not be responsible for any damages resulting from user's use or disregard of the information provided in this Bulletin. To the extent permitted by law, HP disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement." Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. This bulletin will be revised when the update is available. MITIGATION INFORMATION HP recommends the following steps to reduce the risk of this vulnerability: - Place the HP StoreFabric H-series switch and other data center critical infrastructure behind a firewall to disallow access from the Internet. - Change all HP StoreFabric switch default account passwords, including the root passwords, from the default factory passwords. - Examine the list of accounts, including ones on the switch and those existing on remote authentication servers such as RADIUS, LDAP, and TACAS+, to ensure only necessary personnel can gain access to HP StoreFabric H-series switches. Delete guest accounts and temporary accounts created for one-time usage needs. - To avoid possible exploit through the embedded web GUI, QuickTools, disable the web server with the following procedure: NOTE: After completing this procedure, the user will not be able to manage the switch using QuickTools. Login to the Command Line Interface (CLI). Execute the "admin start" command to enter into an admin session. Execute the "set setup services" command and change setting for EmbeddedGUIEnabled to "False". Open the PXE Configuration Utility on the HP Insight Control server deployment window Select Linux Managed from the Boot Menu options Click the Edit button. Clicking the Edit button displays the Edit Shared Menu Option window Uncheck the x86 option in Operating System and Processor Options and click OK. No other firmware stream updates are planned beyond the NX-OS 5.x and 6.x versions listed below for the MDS products. This software versions 6.2(9a) has included the fixes for the vulnerability in HP StoreFabric C-series MDS switches which currently supporting NX-OS 6.X releases. This software version 5.2(8e) has included the fix for the vulnerability in HP C-series MDS switches which currently supporting NX-OS 5.X releases. All MDS and Nexus 5K switches can function in this configuration. Access is available through the console port. Note: All versions of HP Thin Pro and HP Smart Zero Core operating systems prior to version 5.1.0 are affected by these vulnerabilities. Following is a complete list of affected operating systems and Hardware Platforms Affected. Product Affected Product Versions Patch Status HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (X86) v5.1.0 and above No update required; the Bash shell patch is incorporated into the base image. Note: If you participated in the ThinPro 5.1.0 beta program then upgrade to the release version as soon as it becomes available. HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (x86) v5.0.x A component update is currently available through Easy Update as: SecurityUpdate-Shellshock-2.0-all-5.0-x86.xar . The update can be also downloaded directly from HP as part of softpaq sp69382 at the following address: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69382.exe HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (x86) v4.4.x A component update is currently available through Easy Update as: SecurityUpdate-Shellshock-2.0-all-4.4-x86.xar . The update can be also downloaded directly from HP as part of softpaq sp69382 at the following address: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69382.exe HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (ARM) v4.4.x A component update is currently available through Easy Update as: SecurityUpdate-Shellshock-2.0-all-4.4-arm.xar . The update can be also downloaded directly from HP as part of softpaq sp69382 at the following address: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69382.exe HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (X86) v4.1, v4.2, and v4.3 A component update is currently available through Easy Update as: SecurityUpdate-Shellshock-2.0-all-4.1-4.2-4.3-x86.xar . The update can be also downloaded directly from HP as part of softpaq sp69382 at the following address: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69382.exe HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (ARM) v4.1, v4.2, and v4.3 A component update is currently available through Easy Update as: SecurityUpdate-Shellshock-2.0-all-4.1-4.2-4.3-arm.xar . The update can be also downloaded directly from HP as part of softpaq sp69382 at the following address: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69382.exe HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (X86) v3.1, v3.2, and v3.3 Download softpaq sp69382 from: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69382.exe which contains an update package as: bash_4.1-3+deb6u2_i386.deb . HP ThinPro and HP Smart Zero Core (ARM) v3.1, v3.2, and v3.3 Download softpaq sp69382 from: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp69001-69500/sp69382.exe which contains an update package as: bash_4.1-3+deb6u2_armel.deb . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- CA20141001-01: Security Notice for Bash Shellshock Vulnerability Issued: October 01, 2014 Updated: October 03, 2014 CA Technologies is investigating multiple GNU Bash vulnerabilities, referred to as the "Shellshock" vulnerabilities, which were publicly disclosed on September 24-27, 2014. CVE identifiers CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277, and CVE-2014-6278 have been assigned to these vulnerabilities. The CA Technologies Enterprise Information Security team has led a global effort to identify and remediate systems and products discovered with these vulnerabilities. We continue to patch our systems as fixes become available, and we are providing fixes for affected CA Technologies products. CA Technologies continues to aggressively scan our environments (including servers, networks, external facing applications, and SaaS environments) to proactively monitor, identify, and remediate any vulnerability when necessary. Risk Rating High Platform AIX Android (not vulnerable, unless rooted) Apple iOS (not vulnerable unless jailbroken) Linux Mac OS X Solaris Windows (not vulnerable unless Cygwin or similar ported Linux tools with Bash shell are installed) Other UNIX/BSD based systems if Bash is installed Any other OS or JeOS that utilizes Bash Affected Products The following products have been identified as potentially vulnerable, and we have made fixes available for all of these products. CA API Management (Linux appliance only) CA Application Performance Management (TIM is the only affected APM component) CA Application Performance Management Cloud Monitor CA Customer Experience Manager (CEM) Transaction Impact Monitor (TIM) CA Layer 7 products (API Gateway, Mobile Access Gateway, API Management Portal) CA User Activity Reporting Module (Enterprise Log Manager) Note: This security notice will be updated if other CA Technologies products are determined to be vulnerable. In most cases, the Bash vulnerabilities will need to be patched by OS vendors. Exceptions may include CA Technologies appliances, and software products that include Linux, UNIX or Mac OS X based operating systems (that include Bash). Affected Components CentOS Cygwin GNU Bash Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Non-Affected Products IMPORTANT NOTE: This listing includes only a small subset of the unaffected CA Technologies products. We're including unaffected products that customers have already inquired about. While the following CA Technologies products are not directly affected by the Bash vulnerabilities, the underlying operating systems that CA Technologies software is installed on may be vulnerable. We strongly encourage our customers to follow the recommendations provided by their vendors for all operating systems they utilize. All CA SaaS / On Demand products were either not vulnerable or have already been patched. CA AHS / PaymentMinder - AHS App is not vulnerable. The AHS app does not execute CGI scripts, or spawn or execute shell commands from within the app. AHS infrastructure already patched. CA Asset Portfolio Management CA AuthMinder (Arcot WebFort) CA AuthMinder for Business Users CA AuthMinder for Consumers CA AutoSys products - We use the bash shell that comes with the operating system and the customer is responsible for patching their OS. Additionally, the agents themselves do not distribute any scripts that use bash. CA Clarity On Demand CA CloudMinder - CloudMinder does not include the Bash Shell in BoM, or use it, but because we are deployed on RHEL, customers may be indirectly affected. Customers using RHEL should apply patches provided by Red Hat. CA Console Management for OpenVMS - Our OpenVMS products do not bundle bash, and they do not supply bash scripts; we use nothing but the native DCL CLI. CA ControlMinder CA DataMinder (formerly DLP) products – Software and appliance confirmed not vulnerable. Note: Linux Agents shipped, but no public SSH or Web apps are used in these agents. Customers should patch bash shell on any Linux server with DataMinder agents. DataMinder agents should continue to function normally. CA Digital Payments SaaS (previously patched) CA Directory CA eCommerce SaaS / On Demand (previously patched) CA Endevor Software Change Manager CA Federation (formerly SiteMinder Federation) CA GovernanceMinder CA IdentityMinder CA Infrastructure Management CA JCLCheck CA Job Management for OpenVMS - Our OpenVMS products do not bundle bash, and they do not supply bash scripts; we use nothing but the native DCL CLI. CA NetQoS GigaStor Observer Expert CA Network Flow Analysis CA Performance Management for OpenVMS - Our OpenVMS products do not bundle bash, and they do not supply bash scripts; we use nothing but the native DCL CLI. CA RiskMinder CA Service Desk Manager CA Service Operations Insight (SOI) CA SiteMinder CA SOLVE:Access CA Spectrum for Linux - Not vulnerable. Be sure to apply bash fixes from your underlying operating system vendor. CA Strong Authentication CA System Watchdog for OpenVMS - Our OpenVMS products do not bundle bash, and they do not supply bash scripts; we use nothing but the native DCL CLI. CA Top Secret CA Universal Job Management Agent for OpenVMS - Our OpenVMS products do not bundle bash, and they do not supply bash scripts; we use nothing but the native DCL CLI. CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers (VAIM) Solution CA Technologies has issued the following fixes to address the vulnerabilities. CA API Management: Patches for Linux appliance are available through CA Support to customers of Gateway (applicable for all versions – 6.1.5, 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, 8.1, 8.1.1, 8.1.02). CA Application Performance Management: KB article for APM TIM has been published. APM TIM is the only part of APM that was affected. Refer to TEC618037. CA Application Performance Management Cloud Monitor: New images are available for subscribers. Download the latest OPMS version 8.2.1.5. For assistance, contact CA Support. CA Customer Experience Manager (CEM) Transaction Impact Monitor (TIM): Very low risk. 9.6 is not affected. 9.5 Installation uses Bash. We do not use Bash at all for the CEM operating system that we have shipped in the past. This means that customers who patch the OS will not impact the ability of the CEM TIMsoft from operating. However prior to version 9.6, the TIM installation script does use the bash shell. See new KB article TEC618037 for additional information. CA Layer 7 (API Gateway, Mobile Access Gateway, API Management Portal): Fixes for all Bash vulnerabilities and a security bulletin are available on the Layer 7 Support website. CA User Activity Reporting Module (Enterprise Log Manager): All 12.5 and 12.6 GA versions are potentially affected. Patches provided on 2014-09-30. To get the patch, use the OS update functionality to get the latest R12.6 SP1 subscription update. Note that you can update R12.5 SPx with the R12.6 SP1 OS update. For assistance, contact CA Support. Workaround None To help mitigate the risk, we do strongly encourage all customers to follow patch management best practices, and in particular for operating systems affected by the Bash Shellshock vulnerabilities. References CVE-2014-6271 - Bash environment variable command injection CVE-2014-7169 - Bash environment variable incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271 CVE-2014-7186 - Bash parser redir_stack memory corruption CVE-2014-7187 - Bash nested flow control constructs off-by-one CVE-2014-6277 - Bash untrusted pointer use uninitialized memory CVE-2014-6278 - Bash environment variable command injection CA20141001-01: Security Notice for Bash Shellshock Vulnerability https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsbpldgpg Change History v1.0: 2014-10-01, Initial Release v1.1: 2014-10-02, Added AuthMinder, Strong Authentication, VAIM, Clarity OD, All SaaS/OD products to list of Non-Affected Products. v1.2: 2014-10-03, Added RiskMinder to Non-Affected Products. Updated UARM solution info. If additional information is required, please contact CA Technologies Support at https://support.ca.com. If you discover a vulnerability in CA Technologies products, please report your findings to the CA Technologies Product Vulnerability Response Team at vuln@ca.com. PGP key: support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=177782 Security Notices https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsbpldgpg Regards, Ken Williams Director, Product Vulnerability Response Team CA Technologies | One CA Plaza | Islandia, NY 11749 | www.ca.com Ken.Williams@ca.com | vuln@ca.com Copyright © 2014 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: Encryption Desktop 10.3.2 (Build 15238) Charset: utf-8 wsBVAwUBVDK+PZI1FvIeMomJAQFl/Af/TqrSE/h4r3gs9PwrWKdt21PCRI3za9Lx M5ZyTdVDIQ9ybgPkLqsovNRPgVqd7zwDHsx0rzvF5Y82uO+vQ63BuEV2GnczAax/ EiAW4WVxUgWG+lAowGV55Of8ruv/gOiAWTjFhkqpsyVg96ZMw2HLG62IwZL1j0qa oLCu0y3VrGvqH0g2hi75QwHAjNCdlEsD4onUqTCc9cRTdLwFCZrUQ8KTrqIL7LK5 Uo5T9C1UeAyNTo3KiJ/zw3BCOTkpl99dmg3NW0onU/1r1CXdlyS7opLB+GJ+xGwP xRQdUsOIhzfRzx7bsao2D43IhDnzJBBFJHdeMPo18WBTfJ7aUgBwGQ== =B62b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Go to the HP Software Depot site at http://www.software.hp.com and search for HP OneView. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Note: the current version of the following document is available here: https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/ docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04558068 SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - SECURITY BULLETIN Document ID: c04558068 Version: 1 HPSBMU03246 rev.1 - HP Insight Control for Linux Central Management Server Pre-boot Execution Environment running Bash Shell, Multiple Vulnerabilities NOTICE: The information in this Security Bulletin should be acted upon as soon as possible. Release Date: 2015-02-02 Last Updated: 2015-02-02 Potential Security Impact: Multiple vulnerabilities Source: Hewlett-Packard Company, HP Software Security Response Team VULNERABILITY SUMMARY Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HP Insight Control for Linux Central Management Server Pre-boot Execution Environment that could be exploited remotely resulting in Denial of Service (DoS), disclosure of information, and other vulnerabilities. References: CVE-2014-6271 CVE-2014-6277 CVE-2014-6278 CVE-2014-7169 CVE-2014-7186 CVE-2014-7187 CVE-2014-7196 SSRT101742 SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed. HP Insight Control for Linux Central Management Server Pre-boot Execution Environment running Bash Shell BACKGROUND CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics =========================================================== Reference Base Vector Base Score CVE-2014-6271 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 10.0 CVE-2014-6277 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 10.0 CVE-2014-6278 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 10.0 CVE-2014-7169 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 10.0 CVE-2014-7186 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 10.0 CVE-2014-7187 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 10.0 CVE-2014-7196 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) 10.0 =========================================================== Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002 RESOLUTION HP has provided the following instructions to resolve these vulnerabilities. Follow these steps to update the HP Insight Control for Linux Central Management Server Pre-boot Execution Environment: NOTE: The following procedure updates the bash shell on the Linux Pre-boot Execution Environment. On the Production RHEL 6.2 OS: a. Prepare temporary directory for Bash update software: # mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/bash # cd $HOME/tmp/bash # pwd <home directory>/tmp/bash b. Download the file 'bash-4.1.2-15.el6_4.2.i686.rpm' for Insight Control for Linux Red Hat 6.2 i386 from https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1311.html to the temporary directory '$HOME/tmp/bash'. c. Extract the Bash update software package. # rpm2cpio bash-4.1.2-15.el6_4.2.i686.rpm| cpio -idmv d. Verify the version of the Bash update software: # ./bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 4.1.2(1)-release (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) e. Verify version dependencies: # ldd ./bin/bash linux-gate.so.1 => (0x008a7000) libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00459000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x002c0000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x0012e000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00108000) f. Create archive file from '/lib' to copy and install on the Insight Control for Linux Central Management Server Pre-boot Execution Environment system: # mkdir $HOME/tmp/lib # cd /lib # cp * $HOME/tmp/lib # cd $HOME/tmp # pwd <home directory>/tmp # tar cvf bash_lib.tar * 2. Download the new archive file '$HOME/tmp/bash_lib.tar' from the Production RHEL 6.2 OS system to the Insight Control for Linux Central Management Server Pre-boot Execution Environment system. On the HP Insight Control for Linux Central Managment Server Pre-boot Execution Environment system: a. Create a temporary folder for the toolkit and copy the toolkit there : # mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit # cp /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard/toolkit.tar.gz $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit b. Extract the file 'toolkit.tar.gz' into the temporary folder: # cd $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit # tar zxvf toolkit.tar.gz # mv $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit/toolkit.tar.gz /tmp c. Verify the version of the toolkit Bash: # $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit/bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. d. Verify dependencies versions: # ldd $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit/bin/bash linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libtermcap.so.2 => /lib/libtermcap.so.2 (0xf7f8c000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x008bf000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00777000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00755000) e. Extract the archive 'bash_lib.tar' to directory '$HOME/tmp/bash_lib' . Then copy the bash binary and the library files to their respective locations: # tar xvf $HOME/tmp/bash_lib # cp $HOME/tmp/bash_lib/bash/bash $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit/bin # cp $HOME/tmp/bash_lib/lib/* $HOME/tmp/temp-toolkit/lib f. Create the updated toolkit gzipped archive file and place in /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard # tar czvf toolkit.tar.gz * # cp toolkit.tar.gz /usr/share/systemimager/boot/i386/standard HISTORY Version:1 (rev.1) - 2 February 2015 Initial release Third Party Security Patches: Third party security patches that are to be installed on systems running HP software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy. Support: For issues about implementing the recommendations of this Security Bulletin, contact normal HP Services support channel. For other issues about the content of this Security Bulletin, send e-mail to security-alert@hp.com. Report: To report a potential security vulnerability with any HP supported product, send Email to: security-alert@hp.com Subscribe: To initiate a subscription to receive future HP Security Bulletin alerts via Email: http://h41183.www4.hp.com/signup_alerts.php?jumpid=hpsc_secbulletins Security Bulletin Archive: A list of recently released Security Bulletins is available here: https://h20564.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/secBullArchive/ Software Product Category: The Software Product Category is represented in the title by the two characters following HPSB. 3C = 3COM 3P = 3rd Party Software GN = HP General Software HF = HP Hardware and Firmware MP = MPE/iX MU = Multi-Platform Software NS = NonStop Servers OV = OpenVMS PI = Printing and Imaging PV = ProCurve ST = Storage Software TU = Tru64 UNIX UX = HP-UX Copyright 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Hewlett-Packard Company shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information provided is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. To the extent permitted by law, neither HP or its affiliates, subcontractors or suppliers will be liable for incidental,special or consequential damages including downtime cost; lost profits; damages relating to the procurement of substitute products or services; or damages for loss of data, or software restoration. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. This vulnerability allows users that have been granted access to a shell script to escalate privilege and execute unrestricted commands at the same security level as the Bash script. Customers who need to upgrade the firmware of their Superdome X or HP Converged System 900 for SAP HANA should contact HP Technical Support to obtain the firmware or plan to schedule an onsite visit with an HP Services field service professional. Patch and maintain Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and web servers. Use virus scanners, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and vulnerability scanners regularly

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