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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2000.337 -- RHSA-2000:075-07 Updated usermode packages available 14 November 2000 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: usermode Vendor: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Linux Impact: Reduced Security Access Required: Local Ref: ESB-2000.240 ESB-2000.297 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated usermode packages available Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:075-07 Issue date: 2000-10-05 Updated on: 2000-11-08 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: usermode format-string Cross references: N/A - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated usermode packages are now available for Red Hat Linux 6.x and 7. 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 Red Hat Linux 6.2EE - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386 Red Hat Linux 7.0J - i386 3. Problem description: The usermode package contains a binary (/usr/bin/userhelper), which is used to control access to programs which are to be executed as root. Because programs invoked by userhelper are not actually running setuid-root, security measures built into recent versions of glibc are not active. If one of these programs supports internationalized text messages, a malicious user can use the LANG or LC_ALL environment variables (which are inherited by userhelper and, in turn, any programs it runs) to create a format-string exploit in these programs. These updated packages also fix a problem due to an incorrect path specification in the /usr/bin/shutdown wrapper script and close a potential security vulnerability in the userhelper binary. 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): 18046 - Another security hole in usermode/glibc 19034 - shutdown wrapper references non-existent /usr/sbin/shutdown 20160 - shutdown script contains call to /usr/sbin/shutdown, which doesn't exist 20027 - /usr/sbin/userhelper dies in segmentation fault 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 6.0: sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm Red Hat Linux 6.1: alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm Red Hat Linux 6.2: alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.0: i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/usermode-1.37-2.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-2.src.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3310677ae7403c683e7947cd86b19344 6.0/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm e299c4b17b7eafdf66acf1fb21491d9b 6.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm 546bf7949c5be73b9f28b1819bfbd7c6 6.0/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm 978af994a09fcbc4bf1cb2fa2723bfe7 6.0/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ca5b97a1abb47b64d71ef69ab96fcb8a 6.0/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm e8fe2db6f95348a93a373673b1c87443 6.0/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm 4dfeacb8db12af4b2666f2792e1027c1 6.0/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm ba94a59a3a8195346735f202f28af3f8 6.0/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm 3310677ae7403c683e7947cd86b19344 6.1/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm e299c4b17b7eafdf66acf1fb21491d9b 6.1/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm 546bf7949c5be73b9f28b1819bfbd7c6 6.1/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm 978af994a09fcbc4bf1cb2fa2723bfe7 6.1/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ca5b97a1abb47b64d71ef69ab96fcb8a 6.1/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm e8fe2db6f95348a93a373673b1c87443 6.1/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm 4dfeacb8db12af4b2666f2792e1027c1 6.1/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm ba94a59a3a8195346735f202f28af3f8 6.1/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm 3310677ae7403c683e7947cd86b19344 6.2/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm e299c4b17b7eafdf66acf1fb21491d9b 6.2/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm 546bf7949c5be73b9f28b1819bfbd7c6 6.2/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm 978af994a09fcbc4bf1cb2fa2723bfe7 6.2/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ca5b97a1abb47b64d71ef69ab96fcb8a 6.2/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm e8fe2db6f95348a93a373673b1c87443 6.2/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm 4dfeacb8db12af4b2666f2792e1027c1 6.2/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm ba94a59a3a8195346735f202f28af3f8 6.2/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm ede9b759a01552a261c67ebf0238794a 7.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-2.src.rpm c32888b6f362b04f8a3805d4465c042a 7.0/i386/usermode-1.37-2.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename> 8. References: N/A Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc. - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. As AusCERT did not write the document quoted above, AusCERT has had no control over its content. The decision to use any or all of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation, and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures. NOTE: This is only the original release of the security bulletin. It may not be updated when updates to the original are made. 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