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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2000.147 -- RHSA-2000:037-01 New Linux kernel fixes security bug 22 June 2000 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Linux Kernel Vendor: Red Hat 6.X Operating System: Linux Platform: N/A Impact: Root Compromise Access Required: Local - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: New Linux kernel fixes security bug Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:037-01 Issue date: 2000-06-20 Updated on: 2000-06-20 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: capabilities setuid suid agpgart 810 aacraid 3x90x MegaRAID Acenic Cross references: N/A - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: This new kernel release fixes a security hole that could affect any setuid program on the system. In addition, several accumulated fixes are included. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 6.0 - i386 alpha sparc Red Hat Linux 6.1 - i386 alpha sparc Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386 alpha sparc 3. Problem description: A security bug involving setuid programs is fixed in this kernel. Added or updated drivers include: Updated AMI MegaRAID driver Updated Acenic Gigabit Ethernet driver Added Adaptec RAID (aacraid) driver Updated to latest 3c90x driver from 3Com Updated agpgart handling for latest Intel 810 chipset Updated SCSI error handling An error case in raw I/O handling was fixed. 4. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filename] where filename is the name of the RPM. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 11998 - Local root vulnerability in the kernel capabilities feature 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 6.2: intel: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/kernel-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/kernel-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-3.src.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7135cd70a5b0896574a38363867637e2 6.2/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-3.src.rpm 8d2d1a5312c847a422633abde5178733 6.2/alpha/kernel-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 358b77b381dcf7e6e95e181eb271f368 6.2/alpha/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 3306014cf0d5d3cd6aaf3eb7b495c786 6.2/alpha/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 89e60b43d47202dc7a237e287b60a39f 6.2/alpha/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 6a166b661bc6e6b078d111c2a18ef1bf 6.2/alpha/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 88f53a2105dbf03801b10abc1ddfbbd8 6.2/alpha/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm 51914ffb09fbe7df6d12a10f713f0b0a 6.2/alpha/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.alpha.rpm f639d81c76c4a35332f3f4b8bae40b0c 6.2/i386/kernel-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 08aa0ee0e630c0b740bca1eb630b598c 6.2/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm e6de480a599e9b4faa7cceab4ed73ce9 6.2/i386/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 438d3cfcf28ca7beb39a94b4bd438cec 6.2/i386/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 2b5026d45dc07324324dcb4cf936afe4 6.2/i386/kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm dcdf1ba8a2154b15789a3f660c71c166 6.2/i386/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 94a8f4a294d743b78078274ef30722b8 6.2/i386/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 409750698f4d7a21ba3527880c2017fe 6.2/i386/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 4a7bb771616f294803342e71912a2847 6.2/i386/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.i386.rpm 4deba2b9f3285d63b96daef2bcd599e4 6.2/sparc/kernel-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 514d9ce2b85ec5954bf47e609a7f2048 6.2/sparc/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm d776ec3b12207a7122e13c802102b731 6.2/sparc/kernel-doc-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 43fc3b6f6c71b232407c6099f444d9e8 6.2/sparc/kernel-headers-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 3c509252e3d9a681afc2598ad28a688a 6.2/sparc/kernel-smp-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm 0839ab7161bc75b40b09a0bbf7625a74 6.2/sparc/kernel-source-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm a9d8ebf3009225593ca63e9d587bd123 6.2/sparc/kernel-utils-2.2.16-3.sparc.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. 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