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SUSE Security Announcement
Package: kernel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2009:004
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: openSUSE 10.3
Vulnerability Type: local privilege escalation
Severity (1-10): 7
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2008-4933, CVE-2008-5025, CVE-2008-5029
CVE-2008-5079, CVE-2008-5134, CVE-2008-5182
Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
Linux kernel security update
Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion
The openSUSE 10.3 kernel was updated to fix various security problems
and bugs. Following security bugs were fixed:
CVE-2008-5079: net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem allowed local users
to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls
to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc
file, related to corruption of the vcc table.
CVE-2008-5029: The __scm_destroy function in net/core/scm.c makes
indirect recursive calls to itself through calls to the fput function,
which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via
vectors related to sending an SCM_RIGHTS message through a UNIX domain
socket and closing file descriptors.
CVE-2008-5134: Buffer overflow in the lbs_process_bss function
in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/scan.c in the libertas subsystem
allowed remote attackers to have an unknown impact via an "invalid
beacon/probe response."
CVE-2008-4933: Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in
fs/hfsplus/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service
(memory corruption or system crash) via an hfsplus filesystem
image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the
hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function.
CVE-2008-5025: Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec
function in fs/hfs/catalog.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of
service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfs filesystem
image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to
CVE-2008-4933.
CVE-2008-5182: The inotify functionality might allow local users to
gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in
inotify watch removal and umount.
2) Solution or Work-Around
There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.
3) Special Instructions and Notes
Please restart the machine after installing the update.
4) Package Location and Checksums
The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
announcement. Then install the packages using the command
rpm -Fhv
to apply the update, replacing with the filename of the
downloaded RPM package.
x86 Platform:
openSUSE 10.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-debug-...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-defaul...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-source...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-syms-2...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-2....
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/kernel-xenpae...
Power PC Platform:
openSUSE 10.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/ppc/kernel-default...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/ppc/kernel-kdump-2...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-2...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/ppc/kernel-source-...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/ppc/kernel-syms-2....
x86-64 Platform:
openSUSE 10.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-debu...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-defa...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-sour...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-syms...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-...
Sources:
openSUSE 10.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-debug-2...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-default...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-kdump-2...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-ppc64-2...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-source-...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-syms-2....
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-xen-2.6...
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/kernel-xenpae-...
______________________________________________________________________________
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
See SUSE Security Summary Report.
______________________________________________________________________________
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information
- Announcement authenticity verification:
SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
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guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
security announcements are published with a valid signature.
To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
and run the command
gpg --verify <file>
replacing <file> with the name of the file where you saved the
announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:
gpg: Signature made <DATE> using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "
where <DATE> is replaced by the date the document was signed.
If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
command
gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc
- Package authenticity verification:
SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
with.
The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command
rpm -v --checksig
to verify the signature of the package, replacing with the
filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.
This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
the end of this announcement.
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pub 1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 SuSE Package Signing Key
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