-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: cyrus-sasl Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2001:042 Date: Friday, Nov 23th, 2001 12.00 MET Affected SuSE versions: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Vulnerability Type: possible local/remote privilege escalation Severity (1-10): 4 SuSE default package: no Other affected systems: all linux-like systems using this version of cyrus-sasl Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: cyrus-sasl problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information The Cyrus SASL library provides an authentication API for mail clients and servers. A format bug was found in one of the logging functions, that could be used by an attacker to gain access to a machine or to acquire higher privileges. There is no known temporary fix, so please update your system with the new RPMs from our FTP server. Download the update package from locations described below and install the package with the command: rpm -Uhv file.rpm The md5sum for each file is in the line below. You can verify the integrity of the rpm files using the command: rpm --checksig --nogpg file.rpm independently from the md5 signatures below. i386 Intel Platform: SuSE-7.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/sec1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-157.i386.rpm e45171d1a76c91a0bfa3d086d9d599e5 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/sec2/cyrus-sasl-devel-1.5.24-157.i386.rpm b03e76641050495d4ec44ac0d9f95e40 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/sec2/cyrus-sasl-gssapi-1.5.24-157.i386.rpm acad2f6e40fd4de5d8729b24f1cb982d source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/zq1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-157.src.rpm b33d52a12efd4222b5f1886ff3b50eb8 SuSE-7.2 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/sec1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-158.i386.rpm b6c6eacbb748b10077273e17c4530d70 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/sec2/cyrus-sasl-devel-1.5.24-158.i386.rpm 6bc208c1626367b5dce2637c533d46a4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/sec2/cyrus-sasl-gssapi-1.5.24-158.i386.rpm fed016e9eeb13fe2d1d8b43d5a7eb2a2 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.2/zq1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-158.src.rpm 6dd7b8b037f12a8a5adef3abbb45f107 SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/sec1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-157.i386.rpm 5ae7eb3805130a03d8f27f89b1cee7b9 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/zq1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-157.src.rpm 7b54ce2a549ab26a4cc7af2317c31114 SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/zima1/sasl-1.5.21-79.i386.rpm f9d4b6cd6fa27028fba8da6e50368b11 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/zq1/sasl-1.5.21-79.src.rpm 8edbdbd49ad826da014a60cbe0ecd4fb Sparc Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/sec1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-70.sparc.rpm 464d4d9ab8a46e104039e8811e3f4651 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/zq1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-70.src.rpm 753b3e27311760372e7da9f52de3dcbf SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/zima1/sasl-1.5.21-30.sparc.rpm 01b229e0fb42f48c24fef34462dbccbb source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/zq1/sasl-1.5.21-30.src.rpm df8d848c7998f3675fbb4755bd83a742 AXP Alpha Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.1/sec1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-62.alpha.rpm ea80bba65ae8cf22ea587e38aae7a2ee source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.1/zq1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-62.src.rpm b363227f99290c7866e5ac4fc7f7b6dc SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/zima1/sasl-1.5.21-82.alpha.rpm 22a48ae6c7963df620a76e22899888e5 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/zq1/sasl-1.5.21-82.src.rpm c39df74ca8900ac203360151f6e25d6b PPC Power PC Platform: SuSE-7.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/sec1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-92.ppc.rpm baddf572ea5dd550ffe952ec19315bef ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/sec2/cyrus-sasl-devel-1.5.24-92.ppc.rpm 4fce4a7aaf74f3b42538916a14abaea0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/sec2/cyrus-sasl-gssapi-1.5.24-92.ppc.rpm fb4fe578f47d2f4b7abc697301330aef source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/zq1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-92.src.rpm 94a5288432b1957a6c3b8676049e1199 SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/sec1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-92.ppc.rpm 8b5245304196e6b935c420394e14ae18 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/zq1/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-92.src.rpm 10a5d72a03041fafb06d97d2730eb054 SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/zima1/sasl-1.5.21-30.ppc.rpm ff3cdc2a4bd110632a8e9aa06794f3ec source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/zq1/sasl-1.5.21-30.src.rpm aeedefa1eb86cca0cb7d80e3fc0f76f9 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds: - openssh After stabilizing the openssh package, updates for the distributions 6.4-7.2 are currently being prepared. The update packages fix a security problem related to the recently discovered problems with source ip based access restrictions in a user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file. The packages will appear shortly on our ftp servers. Please note that packages for the distributions 6.3 and up including 7.0 containing cryptographic software are located on the German ftp server ftp.suse.de, all other packages can be found on ftp.suse.com at the usual location. We will issue a dedicated Security announcement for the openssh package. - The ziptool program runs setuid root in the easy permission mode and contains an overflow which allows local attackers to gain root privileges. A zipdrive must be configured and a zipdisk being inserted in order to exploit the bug. The overflow has been fixed. Please update your packages. - The ncpfs package containing the setuid root programs ncpmount and ncpumount was vulnerable to local bufferoverflow attacks. The package has been fixed. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) standard appendix: SuSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security@suse.com - general/linux/SuSE security discussion. All SuSE security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to . suse-security-announce@suse.com - SuSE's announce-only mailing list. Only SuSE's security annoucements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to . For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq) send mail to: or respectively. =============================================== SuSE's security contact is . =============================================== ______________________________________________________________________________ The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced, provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. 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