Vulnerability title: SetUID/SetGID Programs Allow Privilege Escalation Via Insecure RPATH In IBM DB2
| CVE: | CVE-2014-0907 |
| Vendor: | IBM |
| Product: | DB2 |
| Affected versions: | V9.1, V9.5, V9.7, V10.1 and V10.5 |
| Fixed versions: | V9.7 FP9a, V10.1 FP3a, V10.1 FP4 and V10.5 FP3a |
| Reported by: | Tim Brown |
Details:
It has been identified that binaries that are executed with elevated privileges (SetGID and SetUID programs) in IBM’s DB2 for AIX and Linux have been compiled in manner that means they searched for libraries in insecure locations.
SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpe/sqllib/acs/acscim' SUIDFILELS='-rwsr-x--- 1 root dbgpeadm 43848124 04 Oct 2012 /db2/db2gpe/sqllib/acs/acscim' RPATH='../../common/unx/supincl/pegcim251/lib' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpe/sqllib/acs/acsnnas' SUIDFILELS='-rwsr-x--- 1 root dbgpeadm 43399984 04 Oct 2012 /db2/db2gpe/sqllib/acs/acsnnas' RPATH='../../common/unx/supincl/ontapsdk16/lib/aix' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpe/sqllib/acs/acsnsan' SUIDFILELS='-rwsr-x--- 1 root dbgpeadm 46767866 04 Oct 2012 /db2/db2gpe/sqllib/acs/acsnsan' RPATH='../../common/unx/supincl/ontapsdk16/lib/aix' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpe/sqllib/adm/db2iclean' SUIDFILELS='-r-sr-x--- 1 root dbgpeadm 23157 25 May 2013 /db2/db2gpe/sqllib/adm/db2iclean' RPATH='.' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpp/sqllib/acs/acscim' SUIDFILELS='-rwsr-x--- 1 root dbgppadm 43848124 04 Oct 2012 /db2/db2gpp/sqllib/acs/acscim' RPATH='../../common/unx/supincl/pegcim251/lib' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpp/sqllib/acs/acsnnas' SUIDFILELS='-rwsr-x--- 1 root dbgppadm 43399984 04 Oct 2012 /db2/db2gpp/sqllib/acs/acsnnas' RPATH='../../common/unx/supincl/ontapsdk16/lib/aix' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpp/sqllib/acs/acsnsan' SUIDFILELS='-rwsr-x--- 1 root dbgppadm 46767866 04 Oct 2012 /db2/db2gpp/sqllib/acs/acsnsan' RPATH='../../common/unx/supincl/ontapsdk16/lib/aix' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/db2/db2gpp/sqllib/adm/db2iclean' SUIDFILELS='-r-sr-x--- 1 root dbgppadm 23157 25 May 2013 /db2/db2gpp/sqllib/adm/db2iclean' RPATH='.' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes SUIDFILE='/hpadmin/swrepo/sqllib/adm/db2iclean' SUIDFILELS='-r-sr-x--- 1 root 226 23157 06 May 2013 /hpadmin/swrepo/sqllib/adm/db2iclean' RPATH='.' RPATHRELATIVE=yes RPATHLS=N/A RAPTHEXISTS=N/A ISBAD=yes
Impact:
An attacker could place a malicious library in one of the above directories, which would then be loaded when the affected program is run, leading to privilege escalation in instances where the program runs with privileges that the attacker does not have. For example, if the program is SetUID root, the attacker would obtain root privileges upon exploiting this vulnerability.
Exploit:
The proof of concept exploit code is available.
Vendor status:
| 26/02/2014 | Advisory created |
| 28/02/2014 | Vendor contacted |
| 13/03/2014 | Vendor contact reattempted |
| 13/03/2014 | Vendor responded and investigating to confirm vulnerabilities |
| 24/03/2014 | Vulnerability confirmed – vendor working on a fix |
| 04/04/2014 | Requested update from vendor |
| 07/04/2014 | Vendor responded with brief progress update |
| 16/04/2014 | Requested update from vendor and informed them of release of similar RPATH advisories from other vendors |
| 17/04/2014 | Vendor responded with a planned release in May and an assigned CVE-ID |
| 22/05/2014 | Requested update from vendor |
| 29/05/2014 | Vendor responded and informed us they have released a fix and bulletin |
| 03/06/2014 | Published |
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