SuSE Security Announcement: sudo (SuSE-SA:2001:13)

From: Thomas Biege (thomasat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 19 2001 - 02:54:51 PDT

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                            SuSE Security Announcement
    
            Package:                sudo
            Announcement-ID:        SuSE-SA:2001:13
            Date:                   Wednesday, April 18th, 2001 12.26 MEST
            Affected SuSE versions: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1
            Vulnerability Type:     possible local root compromise
            Severity (1-10):        6
            SuSE default package:   no
            Other affected systems: all systems using sudo
    
            Content of this advisory:
            1) security vulnerability resolved: sudo
               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 setuid application sudo(8) allows a user to execute commands under
        the privileges of another user (including root).
        sudo(8) previous to version 1.6.3p6 is vulnerable by a buffer overflow
        in it's logging code, which could lead to local root compromise.
    
        There is no exploit known to be public.
        A useful workaround isn't possible, the only fix is to install the new
        sudo packages.
    
        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-7.1
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-3.i386.rpm
          b0d658c98effd4e11bed6d8c1f5f80f9
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-3.src.rpm
          a4b44f0998a165b3a69c598075420b7f
    
        SuSE-7.0
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-21.i386.rpm
          a002d657c7faf24b9fb5b430061e6c19
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-21.src.rpm
          d9ebc68015886fb642a1795e21bde788
    
        SuSE-6.4
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.i386.rpm
          8a25b40ba081be885b214410b3c662ce
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm
          9a13efa0d76a4fe3cbda7dcd2e2befe0
    
        SuSE-6.3
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.i386.rpm
          a6e359c6449d764199bce3b7bc2867d8
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.src.rpm
          b89db78d5b8d04b10ac6e17c29cec1c4
    
        SuSE-6.2
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.i386.rpm
          c3fbbff2219bf948f9b209eefafab4fe
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm
          85ae3e3b9ef159201bb661e8f83e82d3
    
        SuSE-6.1
          Packets for 6.1 won't be available, sorry.
          Try to install the 6.2-RPM, please.
    
    
        Sprac Platform:
    
        SuSE-7.1
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-8.sparc.rpm
          5531c5be20082b084e940d4e66dffea0
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-8.src.rpm
          98fb9920e8de32727deb5e4295ee70d4
    
        SuSE-7.0
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-9.sparc.rpm
          cdd87431019ace22d0a2b0d46b294856
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-9.src.rpm
          846035dcf0e42d22aac5d0dc77d90a02
    
    
    
        AXP Alpha Platform:
    
        SuSE-7.0
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-12.alpha.rpm
          c0fea14a3c0e565892f150cf97d971ed
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-12.src.rpm
          42651a443d7ca62415bc2d3ef3dc5bde
    
        SuSE-6.4
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.alpha.rpm
          9a177de02176df90d8006fc7e8adae0d
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm
          9f52a3df082ba513cbc0af5da6cccbe4
    
        SuSE-6.3
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.alpha.rpm
          5bbe1f211cb53758ad2840d192280269
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm
          4687f818ab5dbc50b1c0a3b907775f30
    
    
    
        PPC PowerPC Platform:
    
        SuSE-7.1
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-5.ppc.rpm
          199a677423a84bc577a7a9199e5e22d4
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-5.src.rpm
          49ed607375823b56d819e0610e3a8d31
    
        SuSE-7.0
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-10.ppc.rpm
          03ffbcf07ba9a4222c75b162c97f9292
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-10.src.rpm
          a07d0b0283ca83e14c4d58ca9bcc933c
    
        SuSE-6.4
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.ppc.rpm
          b5c9dee89ee0101fa8ac5795c1e8e49c
        source rpm:
        ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.src.rpm
          bfc917660898fdf9f2de170895ca7b22
    
    
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    
    2)  Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds:
    
        - New RPMs for HylaFax, a Fax Server, are currently being build, which
          fix a format bug in hfaxd, which could lead to local root privilege.
    
        - NEdit a GUI-style text editor needs an update due to a tmp race
          condition. The source code is currently being reviewed and new
          RPMs will be available within the next days.
    
        - Updated man RPMs will be available in a few days.
    
        - In the past weeks, some security related bugs in the Linux kernel 2.2
          and 2.4 were found. An announcement, that addresses this will be
          released this week.
    
        - Samba has serveral security problems, which could lead to local root
          access. Samba 2.0.8 fixes these problems. New RPMs are currently being
          build.
    
    ______________________________________________________________________________
    
    3)  standard appendix:
    
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    ______________________________________________________________________________
    
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    Bye,
         Thomas
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