-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2001-0025 Package name: Util-linux Summary: Possible to gain some other user's credentials Date: 2001-10-17 Affected versions: TSL 1.5 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Problem description: The "login" program in util-linux stored the user's credentials in a static buffer that could later be reused in other PAM calls issued on behalf of other users. This could lead to a user gaining access to other accounts. Note that this is not possible by default. Action: We recommend that all systems with this package installed are upgraded. Location: All TSL updates are available from <URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/> <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/> Automatic updates: Users of the SWUP tool, can enjoy having updates automatically installed using 'swup --upgrade'. Get SWUP from: <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/> Questions? Check out our mailing lists: <URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/> Verification: This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key. This key available from: <URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY> The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/> or directly at <URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2001/TSL-2001-0024-postfix.asc.txt> MD5sums of the packages: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ebdfde806ab5d2d67c25ffd1a90bb8aa ./1.5/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11f-6tr.src.rpm d96660d42ee2901c18577e26616cabdf ./1.5/RPMS/util-linux-2.11f-6tr.i586.rpm 4a7a357bf1ad7e7999a39c508326b155 ./1.5/RPMS/mount-2.11f-6tr.i586.rpm 94dc41a4acf854f7bfff2276393ccd04 ./1.5/RPMS/losetup-2.11f-6tr.i586.rpm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7zYOTwRTcg4BxxS0RAvQ7AJwJEhZEWjPZ0pN1TIaaqFkOUIs7gACfTrpt JIfWCjwVk0Q2BHt7mRJMJ1s= =LPnb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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