To: bugtraqat_private announceat_private security-alertsat_private ______________________________________________________________________________ Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory Subject: Linux: Race condition in fileutils Advisory number: CSSA-2002-018.0 Issue date: 2002 April 26 Cross reference: ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Problem Description A race condition in various utilities from the GNU fileutils package may cause a root user to delete the whole filesystem. 2. Vulnerable Supported Versions System Package ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenLinux 3.1.1 Server prior to fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm OpenLinux 3.1.1 Workstation prior to fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm OpenLinux 3.1 Server prior to fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm OpenLinux 3.1 Workstation prior to fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 3. Solution The proper solution is to install the latest packages. 4. OpenLinux 3.1.1 Server 4.1 Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/current/RPMS 4.2 Packages 608a5485dd9a8799795254ba7d2089da fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 4.3 Installation rpm -Fvh fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 4.4 Source Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/current/SRPMS 4.5 Source Packages c44a43f1ce810a01978ce2e8efadadbf fileutils-4.1-4.src.rpm 5. OpenLinux 3.1.1 Workstation 5.1 Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/current/RPMS 5.2 Packages f10c905587b4221fc794cefaf262e9ee fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 5.3 Installation rpm -Fvh fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 5.4 Source Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/current/SRPMS 5.5 Source Packages 7e5519acdca5c17d12b3598847ec1ded fileutils-4.1-4.src.rpm 6. OpenLinux 3.1 Server 6.1 Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Server/current/RPMS 6.2 Packages 334154c1635b50ad81a2f1b841ccadd8 fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 6.3 Installation rpm -Fvh fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 6.4 Source Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Server/current/SRPMS 6.5 Source Packages 6a12bbcaefb252eac3fe4b79464881e4 fileutils-4.1-4.src.rpm 7. OpenLinux 3.1 Workstation 7.1 Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Workstation/current/RPMS 7.2 Packages 2db4e5565fc7d38ee5cdf3be57f86301 fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 7.3 Installation rpm -Fvh fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm 7.4 Source Package Location ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Workstation/current/SRPMS 7.5 Source Packages 1b5ef3933f229b68cd8e24fb75c5a0de fileutils-4.1-4.src.rpm 8. References Specific references for this advisory: http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-fileutils/2002-March/002440.html http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/0002.txt Wojciech Purczynski (iSEC Caldera OpenLinux security resources: http://www.caldera.com/support/security/index.html Caldera UNIX security resources: http://stage.caldera.com/support/security/ This security fix closes Caldera incidents sr862917, fz520627, erg712018. 9. Disclaimer Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of any of the information we provide on this website and/or through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended to promote secure installation and use of Caldera products. 10. Acknowledgements Wojciech Purczynski (iSEC Security Research, http://isec.pl) reported this vulnerability. ______________________________________________________________________________
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