-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : uucp SUMMARY : Local vulnerability in the uucp package DATE : 2002-02-18 13:30:00 ID : CLA-2002:463 RELEVANT RELEASES : 5.0, prg graficos, ecommerce, 5.1, 6.0, 7.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION UUCP is a Unix to Unix transfer mechanism. It is used primarily for remote sites to download and upload email and news files to local machines. zen-parse found[1] a vulnerability in the command-line argument handling of uucp which could be exploited by a local user to obtain uucp uid/gid. This vulnerability was supposed to be fixed in the CLSA-2001:425 announcement[2], but zen-parse found[3] the used patch was not totally effective. Security precautions were not being enforced for all command line options variants, such as "--confi" for "--config" or "-c" which are synonymous due to the way getopt() works. The upstream uucp author, Ian Lance Taylor, provided a patch to solve this vulnerability. SOLUTION All uucp users should upgrade. REFERENCES: 1.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/212892 2.http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000425&idioma=en 3.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251168 DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U50_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/uucp-1.06.2-10U50_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U51_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/uucp-1.06.2-10U51_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U60_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U60_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U70_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/uucp-cu-1.06.2-10U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/uucp-doc-1.06.2-10U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U50_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/uucp-1.06.2-10U50_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/uucp-1.06.2-10U50_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/uucp-1.06.2-10U50_1cl.i386.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform upgrades of RPM packages: - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet (you may also use linuxconf to do this): rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates (replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0) - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribeat_private unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribeat_private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8cR5742jd0JmAcZARAqfEAJ0d8UV14roEgtwMM4OHUc0IWvtKfgCgvaXd /RvRI87wCJxE5Xi8s8+VWGg= =P2St -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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