6323763 2001-04-05 17:59 +0200  /70 rader/  <tsl@TRUSTIX.COM>
Sänt av: joel@lysator.liu.se
Importerad: 2001-04-06  06:47  av Brevbäraren
Extern mottagare: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Externa svar till: tsl@TRUSTIX.COM
Mottagare: Bugtraq (import) <16349>
Ärende: Trustix Security Advisory #2001-0003 - kernel
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From: tsl@TRUSTIX.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Message-ID: <20010405175944.A6584@thunder.trustix.com>

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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2001-0003

Package name:      kernel
Severity:          Local root exploit
Date:              2001-04-05
Affected versions: TSL 1.01, 1.1, 1.2

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Problem description:
	Some time ago, a vulnerability was discovered that allowed for root
	access through ptrace call in the linux kernel.  This was
        originally considered fixed in a previous patch, but as it turns
        out, it wasn't. This is fixed in kernel version 2.2.19.

Action:
  We recommend all systems which has this package installed to be upgraded.
  Please see the Kernel Upgrade Howto, available from
  <URL:http://www.trustix.net/doc/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html>
  for more information on how to upgrade your TSL kernel.

Location:
  All TSL updates are available from
  <URL:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>
  <URL:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>

Users of the SWUP tool, can enjoy having the security updates
automatically installed using 'swup --upgrade'.

Get SWUP from:
ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/

Note that you may not want to use SWUP to do unattended kernel
upgrades, and it does not do so by default.

Questions?
Check out our mailinglists:
http://www.trustix.net/support/


Verification:
This advisory is signed with the TSL sign key.  It is available from:
http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY


Trustix Security Team

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