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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2005.0429 -- FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip gzip directory traversal and permission race vulnerabilities 10 June 2005 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: gzip Publisher: FreeBSD Operating System: FreeBSD UNIX variants Linux variants Windows Mac OS X Impact: Overwrite Arbitrary Files Inappropriate Access Access: Existing Account CVE Names: CAN-2005-1228 CAN-2005-0988 Original Bulletin: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/Advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip.asc - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: gzip directory traversal and permission race vulnerabilities Category: contrib Module: gzip Announced: 2005-06-09 Credits: Ulf Harnhammar, Imran Ghory Affects: All FreeBSD releases Corrected: 2005-06-08 21:26:27 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE) 2005-06-08 21:27:44 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p2) 2005-06-08 21:29:15 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p16) 2005-06-08 21:29:53 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE) 2005-06-08 21:30:43 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p10) 2005-06-08 21:31:16 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p15) CVE Name: CAN-2005-0988, CAN-2005-1228 For general information regarding FreeBSD Security Advisories, including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the following sections, please visit <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/security/>. I. Background gzip is a file compression utility. II. Problem Description Two problems related to extraction of files exist in gzip: The first problem is that gzip does not properly sanitize filenames containing "/" when uncompressing files using the -N command line option. The second problem is that gzip does not set permissions on newly extracted files until after the file has been created and the file descriptor has been closed. III. Impact The first problem can allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary local files when uncompressing a file using the -N command line option. The second problem can allow a local attacker to change the permissions of arbitrary local files, on the same partition as the one the user is uncompressing a file on, by removing the file the user is uncompressing and replacing it with a hardlink before the uncompress operation is finished. IV. Workaround Do not use the -N command line option on untrusted files and do not uncompress files in directories where untrusted users have write access. V. Solution Perform one of the following: 1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE or 5-STABLE, or to the RELENG_5_4, RELENG_5_3, RELENG_4_11, or RELENG_4_10 security branch dated after the correction date. 2) To patch your present system: The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 4.10, 4.11, 5.3, and 5.4 systems. a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the detached PGP signature using your PGP utility. # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:11/gzip.patch # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:11/gzip.patch.asc b) Execute the following commands as root: # cd /usr/src # patch < /path/to/patch # cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip # make obj && make depend && make && make install VI. Correction details The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was corrected in FreeBSD. Branch Revision Path - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELENG_4 src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c 1.10.2.1 RELENG_4_11 src/UPDATING 1.73.2.91.2.11 src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.44.2.39.2.14 src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c 1.10.26.1 RELENG_4_10 src/UPDATING 1.73.2.90.2.16 src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.44.2.34.2.17 src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c 1.10.24.1 RELENG_5 src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c 1.11.2.1 RELENG_5_4 src/UPDATING 1.342.2.24.2.11 src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.62.2.18.2.7 src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c 1.11.6.1 RELENG_5_3 src/UPDATING 1.342.2.13.2.19 src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.62.2.15.2.21 src/gnu/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.c 1.11.4.1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0988 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1228 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111271860708210 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477 The latest revision of this advisory is available at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip.asc - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCqBbGFdaIBMps37IRAttLAJ41WPmKXczZAZgrBGBP1GorSM7E1gCfc8w9 KFbns+zs2umrId0mCg1SjVk= =6MzW - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------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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