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SuSE Security Announcement
Package: file
Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2003:017
Date: Friday, Mar 21th 2003 10:10 MET
Affected products: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1
SuSE Linux Database Server
SuSE eMail Server 3.1, III
SuSE Firewall Adminhost VPN
SuSE Linux Admin-CD for Firewall
SuSE Firewall on CD 2 - VPN
SuSE Firewall on CD 2
SuSE Linux Live-CD for Firewall
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SuSE Linux Office Server
Vulnerability Type: remote system compromise
Severity (1-10): 2
SuSE default package: yes
Cross References: CAN-2003-0102
Content of this advisory:
1) security vulnerability resolved: buffer overflow
problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information
2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds:
- mutt
- kernel
- ethereal
- qpopper
- apcupsd
- vnc
- openssl
- mod_php4
- pgp4pine
- nethack
- netpbm
- man
3) standard appendix (further information)
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1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information
The file command can be used to determine the type of files.
iDEFENSE published a security report about a buffer overflow in the
handling-routines for the ELF file-format.
In conjunction with other mechanisms like print-filters, cron-jobs,
eMail-scanners (like AMaViS) and alike this vulnerability can be used
to gain higher privileges or to compromise the system remotely.
There is no temporary fix known other then updating the system.
Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its
integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Fhv file.rpm" to apply
the update.
Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages
are being offered to install from the maintenance web.
Please note, missing packages will be published as soon as possible.
Intel i386 Platform:
SuSE-8.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/file-3.37-206.i586.rpm
06e1fa8c7e00fd848b9ccff104a096f0
patch rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/file-3.37-206.i586.patch.rpm
bcb67c0daac5b2542c1126aed315d37c
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/file-3.37-206.src.rpm
d10341b38f3e73253ce4c45c06c04ff0
SuSE-8.0:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/a1/file-3.37-206.i386.rpm
622ee2ad1552679bc35254888d2d5373
patch rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/a1/file-3.37-206.i386.patch.rpm
eea3818ae69727885e490fc8034e6585
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.0/zq1/file-3.37-206.src.rpm
9357e8c51f48feffb5bbff72752ac013
SuSE-7.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/a1/file-3.33-85.i386.rpm
f93db1b0c3d3adfe893b0b0fd12f41d8
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.3/zq1/file-3.33-85.src.rpm
8206b3d2802237406e2edeb9ade377f1
SuSE-7.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/a1/file-3.32-118.i386.rpm
3ac53edd9ee3995e8b5c05d3e94b5fd5
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/zq1/file-3.32-118.src.rpm
19b16688d3d2867f51554bd3cf4341ab
Sparc Platform:
SuSE-7.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.3/a1/file-3.33-39.sparc.rpm
8a8e966fc47b701669f0fb8d5064436a
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.3/zq1/file-3.33-39.src.rpm
2411dd12c8bec3784ba7dff72764b766
AXP Alpha Platform:
SuSE-7.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.1/a1/file-3.32-69.alpha.rpm
4afbdc453be439848e719a3cd1617c49
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.1/zq1/file-3.32-69.src.rpm
ca965a4049a126492262281c7f9b7f4f
PPC Power PC Platform:
SuSE-7.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/a1/file-3.33-69.ppc.rpm
34fa8b1d8318fd887b840d5715894c97
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.3/zq1/file-3.33-69.src.rpm
87eb4efad58d1c375a98e1c9990d7e35
SuSE-7.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/a1/file-3.32-36.ppc.rpm
82b761b13f32f0bcfe3df906284bf0d9
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/zq1/file-3.32-36.src.rpm
c7c729f7e8c93dd15ad6af5bfb65e826
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2) Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds:
- mutt
A buffer overflow in mutt's IMAP code may result in remote system
compromise.
New packages are currently being build and will be available soon.
- kernel
A bug in the Linux kernel was found that allows local users to
become root. The bug can just be exploited if ptrace(2) is allowed,
LKM and kmod support is enabled.
We already build new kernels and are currently testing them.
As a workaround kernel module loading can be disabled after every
boot by executing the following action as root:
# echo /just/a/temporary/workaround > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe
Please note, that this will disable some services.
- ethereal
A format string bug in ethereal's SOCKS handling code and a buffer
overflow in the NTLMSSP was found in ethereal. Both bugs may lead
to remote system compromise.
New packages are currently being build and will be available soon.
- qpopper
In version 4.0.x of qpopper a buffer overflow *after* user authen-
tication can be exploited to gain a shell on a POP-server machine.
New packages are currently being build and will be available soon.
- apcupsd
The control and management daemon for APC UPS systems is vulnerable
to remote code execution due to buffer overflow and format string bugs.
A dedicated advisory for this issue will be released as soon as all
packages are being build.
- vnc
VNC (Virtual Network Computing) uses a weak cookie generation process
which can be exploited by an attacker to bypass authentication.
New packages are currently being tested and will be available on our
FTP servers soon.
- openssl
A paper regarding remote timing attacks against OpenSSL has been
published by researchers of the Stanford University. It is possible
to extract the private RSA key used by services using OpenSSL by
observing their timing behavior.
Additionally czech researchers found another bug in OpenSSL which
is an extension of the "Bleichenbacher Attack".
Fixed packages will be available on our FTP servers soon.
- mod_php4 4.3.0
A serious security vulnerability was found in mod_php 4.3.0 which
allows a remote attacker to read files or even execute PHP-code.
This was possible due to direct access to the CGI module.
SuSE does not ship this vulnerable version.
- pgp4pine
A buffer overflow in pine's filter add-on pgp4pine can be abused
to execute arbitrary commands remotely. The pgp4pine version
SuSE ships is not vulnerable to this bug.
- nethack
A buffer overflow in nethack can be exploited local users to gain
higher privileges if the nethack binary is installed setuid/setgid.
This bug is fixed for upcoming SuSE Linux versions. As a temporary
workaround you should disable all s-bits on the nethack binary
(/etc/permissions.local).
- netpbm
The netpbm package contains various integer overflows which can
lead to arbitrary code execution. New packages are published on our
FTP servers.
- man
A vulnerability in man was published that allows local privilege
escalation. SuSE Linux does not ship this vulnerable version of man.
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3) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information
- Package authenticity verification:
SuSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over
the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important
to the free and open source software community, many users wish to be
sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing
the package. There are two verification methods that can be used
independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded
file or rpm package:
1) md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed) announcement.
2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package.
1) execute the command
md5sum