5744074 2000-11-17 17:47 -0500 /137 rader/ <bugzilla@REDHAT.COM> Sänt av: joel@lysator.liu.se Importerad: 2000-11-18 08:01 av Brevbäraren (som är implementerad i) Python Extern mottagare: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Externa svar till: bugzilla@REDHAT.COM Mottagare: Bugtraq (import) <13795> Ärende: [RHSA-2000:108-03] Updated modutils fixing local root security ------------------------------------------------------------ bug available From: bugzilla@REDHAT.COM To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Message-ID: <200011172247.eAHMliM21846@porkchop.redhat.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated modutils fixing local root security bug available Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:108-03 Issue date: 2000-11-16 Updated on: 2000-11-17 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: modutils root exploit security Cross references: N/A --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: A local root exploit in modutils has been fixed. 2000-11-17: New packages available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 to fix an error in the previous packages. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386 3. Problem description: modutils, a package that helps the kernel automatically load kernel modules (device drivers etc.) when they're needed, could be abused to execute code as root. modutils versions between 2.3.0 and 2.3.20 are affected. 4. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filename] where filename is the name of the RPM. 2000-11-17: For Red Hat Linux 6.2, if you installed the previous (2.3.20-0.6.2) packages, you will need to run: mv /etc/modules.conf /etc/conf.modules 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 20749 - local root exploit via modutils 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 6.2: alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.alpha.rpm sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.sparc.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.src.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.0: i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/modutils-2.3.20-1.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/modutils-2.3.20-1.src.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- d256aa304b9030391d20e105055f8337 6.2/SRPMS/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.src.rpm 338e03d0f21295aa86ed1bb18dc014dd 6.2/alpha/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.alpha.rpm b8cd7baa481d858c726d605e99c5ce0e 6.2/i386/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.i386.rpm c1e3c6c68f12b250a2cdb994e2f3e127 6.2/sparc/modutils-2.3.20-0.6.2.1.sparc.rpm 1502c3cc848fec4ecdaf5903b9f2cbb4 7.0/SRPMS/modutils-2.3.20-1.src.rpm 166b7512c784ffaa4233e8f71ef712cd 7.0/i386/modutils-2.3.20-1.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. (5744074) --------------------------------(Ombruten)