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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.0293 -- [RedHat]
Important: redhat-idm-console security update
20 March 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Red Hat Directory Server
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Linux
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Increased Privileges
Modify Arbitrary Files
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2008-0889
Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0191.html
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: redhat-idm-console security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0191-01
Product: Red Hat Directory Server
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0191.html
Issue date: 2008-03-19
CVE Names: CVE-2008-0889
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1. Summary:
Updated redhat-idm-console packages that fix a security issue are now
available for Red Hat Directory Server 8.0.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for AS v. 4) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for ES v. 4) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for RHEL 5 Server) - i386, x86_64
3. Description:
The redhat-idm-console contains a Java based remote management console used
for managing Red Hat Administration Server and Red Hat Directory Server.
When running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 used
insecure permissions on the redhat-idm-console startup script. Local users
could modify this script and run arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running Red Hat Management Console (CVE-2008-0889).
Red Hat would like to thank Doncho N. Gunchev for reporting this issue.
All redhat-idm-console users are advised to update to these erratum
packages which contain a fix to correct this issue.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
436107 - CVE-2008-0889 directory server: insecure permissions on fedora/redhat-idm-console
6. Package List:
Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for AS v. 4):
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/RHDirServ/SRPMS/redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-22.el4idm.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-22.el4idm.i386.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-22.el4idm.i386.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-22.el4idm.x86_64.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-22.el4idm.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for ES v. 4):
Source:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/RHDirServ/SRPMS/redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-22.el4idm.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-22.el4idm.i386.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-22.el4idm.i386.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-22.el4idm.x86_64.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-22.el4idm.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for RHEL 5 Server):
Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/RHDirServ/SRPMS/redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-17.el5idm.src.rpm
i386:
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-17.el5idm.i386.rpm
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-17.el5idm.i386.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-17.el5idm.i386.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-17.el5idm.i386.rpm
x86_64:
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-17.el5idm.x86_64.rpm
redhat-idm-console-1.0.0-17.el5idm.x86_64.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-17.el5idm.x86_64.rpm
redhat-idm-console-debuginfo-1.0.0-17.el5idm.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
7. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0889
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
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