SuSE Security Announcement: gnorpm (SuSE-SA:2000:040)

16 Oct 2000


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                        SuSE Security Announcement

        Package:                gnorpm
        Advisory-ID:            SuSE-SA:2000:040
        Date:                   Monday, October 16th, 2000 15:45 MEST
        Affected SuSE versions: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0
        Vulnerability Type:     tmp race / local file overwrite
        Severity (1-10):        4
        SuSE default package:   no
        Other affected systems: Systems using gnorpm

    Content of this advisory:
        1) security vulnerability resolved: gnorpm
           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

    gnorpm is a graphical user interface to the rpm subsystem for the
    gnome desktop.

    Insecure temporary file handling may cause the gnorpm package to
    overwrite arbitrary files on the system. As a workaround solution
    it is recommended to make sure that no active user processes on the
    system while performing software updates with gnorpm. This can be
    accomplished by bringing the linux system down to runlevel 1
    (multi-user without network) and starting the network by hand
    (rci4l_hardware start; rci4l start;rcnetwork start; rcroute start).

    IMPORTANT NOTE:
    SuSE provides update packages for the vulnerable gnorpm package.
    However, tests have revealed that the new gnorpm version from Alan Cox
    does not work reliably with the rpm subsystem in older SuSE
    distributions. Adding patches to these gnorpm versions has proven to
    not increase the reliability of the package either. For this reason we
    do not provide update packages for the SuSE distributions prior to
    (and including) SuSE-6.3. Please update your system to a more recent
    base installation (SuSE-7.0 recommended) or use the workaround as
    described above if you need to use gnorpm in a multi user and possibly
    hostile environment.

    Download the update package from locations desribed below and install 
    the package with the command `rpm -Fhv 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.

<p>    i386 Intel Platform:

    SuSE-7.0
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/gnm3/gnorpm-0.95-3.i386.rpm
      6aa5ea031f48d903bf3fb4e2328fc4c7
    source rpm:
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/zq1/gnorpm-0.95-3.src.rpm
      a6df0b51a50b0f82a1d0e77d46587d82

    SuSE-6.4
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/gnm3/gnorpm-0.95-3.i386.rpm
      2f47a772c634c35d989078287668e67d
    source rpm:
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/zq1/gnorpm-0.95-3.src.rpm
      04a7c41f0537ef513495efc49c105b1b

<p>    Sparc Platform:

    SuSE-7.0
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/gnm3/gnorpm-0.9-159.sparc.rpm
      467a2839f7df52c31eb42b97ebb8dd0d
    source rpm:
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/zq1/gnorpm-0.9-159.src.rpm
      eb09af61e93eab32a55c6538d0b45bc4

<p><p>    AXP Alpha Platform:

    SuSE-6.4
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/gnm3/gnorpm-0.95-4.alpha.rpm
      b99a121e1469f958413b26eef1fd7ce9
    source rpm:
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/zq1/gnorpm-0.95-4.src.rpm
      a65ba20f86d5d0693ecc3e77520ff584

<p><p>    PPC Power PC Platform:

    SuSE-6.4
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/gnm3/gnorpm-0.95-3.ppc.rpm
      9ad07eb2c2c437ed427d8ec5cb2b8439
    source rpm:
    ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/zq1/gnorpm-0.95-3.src.rpm
      ffdb55e153b7e07cad91830eafb088b9

______________________________________________________________________________

2)  Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds:

    A set of security announcements is following this advisory.

______________________________________________________________________________

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-subscribe@suse.com>.

    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
                <suse-security-announce-subscribe@suse.com>.

    For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq) 
    send mail to:
        <suse-security-info@suse.com> or
        <suse-security-faq@suse.com> respectively.

    ===============================================
    SuSE's security contact is <security@suse.com>.
    ===============================================

Regards,
Roman Drahtmüller.
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______________________________________________________________________________

    The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced,
    provided that the advisory is not modified in any way.
    SuSE GmbH makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect 
    to the information contained in this security advisory.

Type Bits/KeyID    Date       User ID
pub  2048/3D25D3D9 1999/03/06 SuSE Security Team <security@suse.de>

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