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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory

Package name: tripwire
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:057
Date: June 7th, 2004
Affected versions: 10.0, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1

Problem Description:

Paul Herman discovered a format string vulnerability in tripwire that could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running tripwire (typically root). This vulnerability only exists when tripwire is generating an email report.

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0536
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/365036

Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
f7218d2fbde501fff2d418e7817679e6 10.0/RPMS/tripwire-2.3.1.2-7.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
4476fcbb452e7af2a7171e303f75f0f4 10.0/SRPMS/tripwire-2.3.1.2-7.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
69367ac3b8afe929b0542f1921606ea1 corporate/2.1/RPMS/tripwire-2.3.1.2-7.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
85b56f3e3587ed3ff69ffd98708e9d39 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/tripwire-2.3.1.2-7.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
b8fa611b9f5c5b65bc8bfc30e880e6e5 9.2/RPMS/tripwire-2.3.1.2-7.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
ae1cd49c93ad98e770ddd82fb9a55356 9.2/SRPMS/tripwire-2.3.1.2-7.1.92mdk.src.rpm

To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team <security linux-mandrake.com>