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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2001.036 -- [RHSA-2001:004-04]
String format vulnerability in icecast
25 January 2001
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: icecast
Vendor: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Linux
Linux
Platform: Alpha
i386
Sparc
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access Required: Remote
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Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: String format vulnerability in icecast
Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:004-04
Issue date: 2001-01-23
Updated on: 2001-01-24
Product: Red Hat Powertools
Keywords:
Cross references:
Obsoletes:
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1. Topic:
A remote vulnerablity allows execution of arbitrary code.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 7.0 - alpha, i386
3. Problem description:
A string format vulnerability that allows the execution of arbitrary
commands exists in all versions of icecast. A patch was posted to Bugtraq
to solve the problem and has been incorporated into this update. All users
of icecast should apply this update.
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):
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 6.1:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 6.2:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 7.0:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.i386.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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6e10a41120782afa633229384a3de9f5 6.0/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
feba1b51874808c6d59eae717adc116d 6.0/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
17f5ed6b597b38456faff7e8bd1eb828 6.0/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
e8c06fc3348e60a3053e7fad06dedeec 6.0/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
6e10a41120782afa633229384a3de9f5 6.1/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
feba1b51874808c6d59eae717adc116d 6.1/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
17f5ed6b597b38456faff7e8bd1eb828 6.1/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
e8c06fc3348e60a3053e7fad06dedeec 6.1/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
6e10a41120782afa633229384a3de9f5 6.2/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
feba1b51874808c6d59eae717adc116d 6.2/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
17f5ed6b597b38456faff7e8bd1eb828 6.2/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
e8c06fc3348e60a3053e7fad06dedeec 6.2/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
417343d579a7067720300adc8c99b38d 7.0/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.src.rpm
b728ad07c46c37221e98d5ee905efb2d 7.0/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.alpha.rpm
9fc78917546ab1bc41fb9951d47bf749 7.0/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.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:
Thanks to |CyRaX| <cyrax@pkcrew.org> for finding the problem and posting it
to Bugtraq. For more information please see
http://www.securityfocus.com/vdb/bottom.html?vid=2264
Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc.
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