[SECURITY] [DSA-312-1] New powerpc kernel fixes several vulnerabilities

From: Matt Zimmerman (mdzat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2003 - 20:42:32 PDT

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA 312-1                     securityat_private
    http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
    June 9th, 2003                          http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc
    Vulnerability  : several
    Problem-Type   : local, remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Ids        : CVE-2002-0429 CAN-2003-0001 CAN-2003-0127 CAN-2003-0244 CAN-2003-0246 CAN-2003-0247 CAN-2003-0248 CAN-2003-0364
    
    A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel.
    
    - - CVE-2002-0429: The iBCS routines in arch/i386/kernel/traps.c for
      Linux kernels 2.4.18 and earlier on x86 systems allow local users to
      kill arbitrary processes via a a binary compatibility interface
      (lcall)
    
    - - CAN-2003-0001: Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device
      drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote
      attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel
      memory by using malformed packets
    
    - - CAN-2003-0127: The kernel module loader allows local users to gain
      root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is
      spawned by the kernel
    
    - - CAN-2003-0244: The route cache implementation in Linux 2.4, and the
      Netfilter IP conntrack module, allows remote attackers to cause a
      denial of service (CPU consumption) via packets with forged source
      addresses that cause a large number of hash table collisions related
      to the PREROUTING chain
    
    - - CAN-2003-0246: The ioperm system call in Linux kernel 2.4.20 and
      earlier does not properly restrict privileges, which allows local
      users to gain read or write access to certain I/O ports.
    
    - - CAN-2003-0247: vulnerability in the TTY layer of the Linux kernel
      2.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service ("kernel oops")
    
    - - CAN-2003-0248: The mxcsr code in Linux kernel 2.4 allows attackers
      to modify CPU state registers via a malformed address.
    
    - - CAN-2003-0364: The TCP/IP fragment reassembly handling in the Linux
      kernel 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU
      consumption) via certain packets that cause a large number of hash
      table collisions
    
    This advisory covers only the powerpc architecture.  Other
    architectures will be covered by separate advisories.
    
    For the stable distribution (woody) on the powerpc architecture, these
    problems have been fixed in version 2.4.18-1woody1.
    
    For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in
    version 2.4.20-2.
    
    We recommend that you update your kernel packages.
    
    NOTE: A system reboot will be required immediately after the upgrade
    in order to replace the running kernel.  Remember to read carefully
    and follow the instructions given during the kernel upgrade process.
    
    Upgrade Instructions
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    wget url
            will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
            will install the referenced file.
    
    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:
    
    apt-get update
            will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
            will install corrected packages
    
    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.
    
    Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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      Source archives:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc_2.4.18-1woody1.dsc
          Size/MD5 checksum:      713 5e68ebec8c5964802d1c408dbb62d910
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc_2.4.18-1woody1.tar.gz
          Size/MD5 checksum:    79339 bfb459f978ac40898f8e10d5e302873d
    
      Architecture independent components:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc_2.4.18-1woody1_all.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:    78796 63903e7035ddc4c3c054d18c485aa54f
    
      PowerPC architecture:
    
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc/kernel-headers-2.4.18_2.4.18-1woody1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:  3415000 6aeb5eab8171baf83cb8e81a30c9397f
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc/kernel-image-2.4.18-newpmac_2.4.18-1woody1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum:  9450540 b66d57ddaa4d7dffe99024250935cee2
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc/kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc_2.4.18-1woody1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 10134844 b5e105cc2087c65889ea83eb29fd91ae
        http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc/kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc-smp_2.4.18-1woody1_powerpc.deb
          Size/MD5 checksum: 10379272 6829c60296a049950d79ddd0a488f8d4
    
      These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
      its next revision.
    
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