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Subject: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-043: Cumulative Patch for SQL
Server (Q316333)
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Title: Cumulative Patch for SQL Server (Q316333)
Date: 14 August, 2002
Software: Microsoft SQL Server
Impact: Elevation of privilege
Max Risk: Moderate
Bulletin: MS02-043
Microsoft encourages customers to review the Security Bulletin at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bull etin/MS02-043.asp .
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Issue:
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This is a cumulative patch that includes the functionality of all
previously released patches for SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000.
In addition, it eliminates a newly discovered vulnerability.
SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 provide for extended stored
procedures, which are external routines written in programming
languages such as C or C#.
These procedures appear as normal stored procedures to users and can
be invoked and executed just like normal stored procedures. By
default, SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 ship with a number of
extended stored procedures which are used for various helper
functions.
Some of the Microsoft-provided extended stored procedures that have
the ability to reconnect to the database as the SQL Server service
account have a flaw in common - namely, they have weak permissions
that can allow nonprivileged users to execute them. Because these
extended stored procedures can be made to run with administrator
privileges on the database, it is thus possible for a nonprivileged
user to run stored procedures on the database with administrator
privileges.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability in one of two ways. The
attacker could attempt to load and execute a database query that
calls one of the affected extended store procedures. Alternately,
if a web-site or other database front-end were configured to access
and process arbitrary queries, it could be possible for the attacker
to provide inputs that would cause the query to call one of the
functions in question with the appropriate malformed parameters.
Mitigating Factors:
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- - The effect of exploiting the vulnerability would depend on the
specific configuration of the SQL Server service. SQL Server
can be configured to run in a security context chosen by the
administrator. By default, this context is as a domain user. If
the rule of least privilege has been followed, it would minimize
the amount of damage an attacker could achieve.
- - The vector for exploiting this vulnerability could be blocked by
following best practices. Specifically, untrusted users should not
be able to load and execute queries of their choice on a database
server. In addition, publicly accessible database queries should
filter all inputs prior to processing.
Risk Rating:
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- - Internet systems: Moderate
- - Intranet systems: Moderate
- - Client systems: Moderate
Patch Availability:
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- - A patch is available to fix this vulnerability. Please read the
Security Bulletin at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bull etin/ms02-043.asp
for information on obtaining this patch.
Acknowledgment:
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- - David Litchfield of Next Generation Security Software Ltd. for
reporting these issues.
- - Chip Andrews of www.sqlsecurity.com and Timothy Mullen for
reporting additional information on these issues.
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