-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : man SUMMARY : Local vulnerability DATE : 2003-04-07 19:22:00 ID : CLA-2003:620 RELEVANT RELEASES : 6.0, 7.0, 8 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION The man package, which includes the utilities man, apropos, and whatis is used to read most of the documentation available on a Linux system. Jack Lloyd found[1] a local vulnerability in the man utility. Because of a problem with a value returned by the my_xsprintf() function, man could try to execute a program called "unsafe" when reading a manpage file with certain characteristics. If an attacker can put a malicious executable file called "unsafe" in the system PATH and let a user open a specially created manpage, it could run arbitrary commands with the privileges of this user. SOLUTION All users of the "man" package should upgrade. REFERENCES: 1.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/314700 UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/man-1.5l-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/man-1.5l-1U60_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/man-1.5l-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/man-1.5l-1U70_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/RPMS/man-1.5l-1U80_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/8/SRPMS/man-1.5l-1U80_1cl.src.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades: - 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2003 (c) Conectiva Inc. http://www.conectiva.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 iD8DBQE+kfrW42jd0JmAcZARAhvvAKDBq7XJrgCvZsbTU+qJgkTHG6BRVACeInKP 2nGTlhBoOi5LvoOl8sOHWso= =WOKC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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