[OpenPKG-SA-2002.007] OpenPKG Security Advisory (mm)

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Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 06:05:33 PDT

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    OpenPKG Security Advisory                            The OpenPKG Project 
    http://www.openpkg.org/security.html              http://www.openpkg.org
    openpkg-securityat_private                         openpkgat_private                 
    OpenPKG-SA-2002.007                                          30-Jul-2002
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    Package:             mm
    Vulnerability:       local root exploit
    OpenPKG Specific:    no
    
    Affected  Releases:  OpenPKG 1.0         OpenPKG CURRENT
    Affected  Packages:  <= mm-1.1.3-1.0.0   <= mm-1.1.3
    Corrected Packages:  >= mm-1.1.3-1.0.1   >= mm-1.2.0
    Dependent Packages:  apache              apache
    
    Description:
      Marcus Meissner and Sebastian Krahmer discovered a race condition
      on creating temporary files in the OSSP mm library. The Common
      Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
      CAN-2002-0658 [5] to the problem. The bug affects all programs which
      are linked with OSSP mm. This may allow an attacker to conduct a local
      root exploit. OSSP mm is often used in Apache setups using mod_ssl
      and/or mod_php. Here the vulnerability can be exploited to obtain
      root privilege if shell access to the Apache run-time user is already
      obtained.
    
      Please check whether you are affected by running "<prefix>/bin/rpm
      -q mm". If you have the "mm" package installed and its version is
      affected (see above), we recommend that you immediately upgrade it
      (see Solution). Additionally, we recommend that you rebuild and
      reinstall all dependent OpenPKG packages, too. [2]
    
    Solution:
      Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release
      [4], fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service [3] or a mirror location,
      verify its integrity [1], build a corresponding binary RPM from it
      and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the binary RPM [2].
      For the latest OpenPKG 1.0 release, perform the following operations
      to permanently fix the security problem (for other releases adjust
      accordingly).
    
      $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org
      ftp> bin
      ftp> cd release/1.0/UPD
      ftp> get mm-1.1.3-1.0.1.src.rpm
      ftp> bye
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --checksig mm-1.1.3-1.0.1.src.rpm
      $ <prefix>/bin/rpm --rebuild mm-1.1.3-1.0.1.src.rpm
      $ su -
      # <prefix>/bin/rpm -Fvh <prefix>/RPM/PKG/mm-1.1.3-1.0.1.*.rpm
    
      Now proceed and rebuild and reinstall all dependent OpenPKG packages,
      too. [6]
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    References:
      [1]  http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature
      [2]  http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source
      [3]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.0/UPD/
      [4]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.0/UPD/mm-1.1.3-1.0.1.src.rpm
      [5]  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0658
      [6]  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.0/UPD/apache-1.3.22-1.0.4.src.rpm
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