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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2003.0365 -- RHSA-2003:174-01 Updated tcpdump packages fix privilege dropping error 19 May 2003 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: tcpdump Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Linux 9 Red Hat Linux 8.0 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Linux Impact: Increased Privileges Reduced Security Access Required: Remote CVE Names: CAN-2003-0194 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated tcpdump packages fix privilege dropping error Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:174-01 Issue date: 2003-05-15 Updated on: 2003-05-15 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: tcpdump Cross references: Obsoletes: RHSA-2003:032- CVE Names: CAN-2003-0194 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated tcpdump packages that correctly drop privileges on startup are now available. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386 Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 3. Problem description: Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic. The Red Hat tcpdump packages advertise that by default tcpdump will drop permissions to user 'pcap'. Due to a compilation error this did not happen, and tcpdump would run as root unless the '-U' flag was specified. Users of tcpdump are advised to upgrade to these errata packages, which contain are compiled so that by default tcpdump will drop privileges to the 'pcap' user. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 88881 - CAN-2003-0145 RADUIS tcpdump vulnerability 90208 - CAN-2003-0194 tcpdump didn't drop root to pcap user like promised 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.1.3.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.1.3.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.2.3.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.2.3.i386.rpm ia64: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.2.3.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.3.3.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.3.3.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.8.0.3.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.8.0.3.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.7.2-1.9.1.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.7.2-1.9.1.i386.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- fac820eb58d79fc58d30bff1fd11f33d 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.1.3.src.rpm 3eadddac8cdf6ae0b14e8016f651e1f0 7.1/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.1.3.i386.rpm 5f5c14bd0dfdaa5b0d5dbc0fb70da395 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.2.3.src.rpm c48e86db37c7f767ec8931ebb54fc0ae 7.2/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.2.3.i386.rpm 39da71bfef8520c979db8cf21c4f6781 7.2/en/os/ia64/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.2.3.ia64.rpm f9de6824ac351207bd105978eefed89d 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.3.3.src.rpm 8d54631bf99d61090f0752f29ef51f8f 7.3/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.7.3.3.i386.rpm 67a36a50ec50a8aa2d32b2462fae653d 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.8.0.3.src.rpm afba9bea894090b9c179979403347629 8.0/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.6.3-17.8.0.3.i386.rpm 1b1b577c9ebfe84f735a6498140e1e7f 9/en/os/SRPMS/tcpdump-3.7.2-1.9.1.src.rpm 6cff8bf6b2425c361eec70ba3017d82b 9/en/os/i386/tcpdump-3.7.2-1.9.1.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/ You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <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: md5sum <filename> 8. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0194 9. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <security@redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact/ Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. 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