Vulnerability Note VU#28027

Distributed GL Daemon (DGLD) allows attackers to identify IRIX systems

Overview

Attackers are using the presence of the dgld service to identify SGI IRIX systems.

I. Description

The CERT/CC has received multiple reports of an apparent vulnerability in the Distributed GL Daemon on SGI IRIX systems. Upon further investigation, it is our belief that no vulnerability exists in dgld. However, this activity is still significant in that it allows attackers to identify systems running IRIX, which can subsequently be attacked via vulnerabilities such as the ObjectServer (VU#16642) or df (VU#20851) vulnerabilities.

II. Impact

Remote users scanning for a dgld service running port on port 5232 may be able to identify victim sites running IRIX.

III. Solution

The CERT/CC does not believe that there is a vulnerability in dgld. However, sites that do not use dgld should disable it on IRIX hosts to avoid exposing information about the nature of such hosts.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
SGI	Not Vulnerable	22-Dec-2000

References

VU#16642

Credit

The CERT/CC thanks SGI for their assistance in researching this issue.

This document was written by Jeffrey P Lanza.

Other Information

Date Public	10/27/2000 06:26:00 PM
Date First Published	10/27/2000 06:25:53 PM
Date Last Updated	03/05/2002
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CAN-2000-0893
Metric	0.14
Document Revision	24

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