Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:12:54 -0600
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@LINUX-MANDRAKE.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: MDKSA-2000:042 – mgetty update
Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
Package name: mgetty Date: August 31st, 2000 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:042 Affected versions: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1
Problem Description:
There is a problem in the mgetty package, which contains a
number of tools for sending and receiving faxes. The faxrunq tool
uses a marker file in the /tmp directory, which is world-writable,
in an insecure fashion. This problem, if exploited, allows
malicious users to overwrite files on the system via a symlink
attack which are owned by the user that is invoking faxrunq. All
versions of mgetty prior to 1.1.22 are vulnerable.
Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to
upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You
can do this by running the md5sum program on the downloaded package
by using “md5sum package.rpm”.
Linux-Mandrake 6.0: a27f4bbce80bdc1e613eec900b581a44 6.0/RPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 485fd02bcacf5eace99276dd2ce7f554 6.0/RPMS/mgetty-contrib-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm b407ad2c8a5fdc3fca31204667a63a04 6.0/RPMS/mgetty-sendfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 839b2c1f09694e81b40b9e244f68b80b 6.0/RPMS/mgetty-viewfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 5ed6b9290249a74aa9e308296cb02783 6.0/RPMS/mgetty-voice-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm d1deb85b2deb0be64d48bf8138e06ae3 6.0/SRPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.src.rpm Linux-Mandrake 6.1: 10583e14f13a43cb96abbbba7394b590 6.1/RPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm a51aa6db2867b7a1c27e0a0a6601f57a 6.1/RPMS/mgetty-contrib-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm deac3868dfe80f917d3951add26ec6bb 6.1/RPMS/mgetty-sendfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm c24fc09f0621c083f526fcc554a9edac 6.1/RPMS/mgetty-viewfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 23bfc2f265564fc25c3316aa7d4df7d3 6.1/RPMS/mgetty-voice-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm d1deb85b2deb0be64d48bf8138e06ae3 6.1/SRPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.src.rpm Linux-Mandrake 7.0: 557a3d5d9e26c2d82e4f2f1384df9784 7.0/RPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 25b2bd75ba4c06b94ba3db25d4929354 7.0/RPMS/mgetty-contrib-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 5feb56b3a1e068afcef11c8fc4c74443 7.0/RPMS/mgetty-sendfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 78db1386e7ce356d5d5a1e05078cc6e3 7.0/RPMS/mgetty-viewfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm b4c845e5ca1c2de9d5db00e546ea0c2e 7.0/RPMS/mgetty-voice-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm d1deb85b2deb0be64d48bf8138e06ae3 7.0/SRPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.src.rpm Linux-Mandrake 7.1: 76b71d096e4102f8b17de8ff07353200 7.1/RPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm c90db3acf3c5161040510954905a2ab1 7.1/RPMS/mgetty-contrib-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 1e9af836c99a48f45278f2f45be4c148 7.1/RPMS/mgetty-sendfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 06169b07f2b3d091e011b68a2e9ca20f 7.1/RPMS/mgetty-viewfax-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm 454aa7d8171a9645b4a77fee6d44a97a 7.1/RPMS/mgetty-voice-1.1.22-2mdk.i586.rpm d1deb85b2deb0be64d48bf8138e06ae3 7.1/SRPMS/mgetty-1.1.22-2mdk.src.rpm
To upgrade automatically, use « MandrakeUpdate
».
If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package
from one of our FTP server mirrors and uprade with “rpm -Uvh
package_name”.
You can download the updates directly from:
ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/updates
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/updates
Or try one of the other mirrors listed at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3.
Updated packages are available in the “updates/[ver]/RPMS/”
directory. For example, if you are looking for an updated RPM
package for Linux-Mandrake 7.1, look for it in “updates/7.1/RPMS/”.
Updated source RPMs are available as well, but you generally do not
need to download them.
Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours
to update, so if you want an immediate upgrade, please use one of
the two above-listed mirrors.
You can view other security advisories for Linux-Mandrake
at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3
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