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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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