Mandrakelinux Advisory: sysklogd

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 29, 2004

Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory


Package name: sysklogd
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:038
Date: April 28th, 2004
Affected versions: 10.0, 9.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi
Network Firewall 8.2


Problem Description:

Steve Grubb discovered a bug in sysklogd where it allocates an
insufficient amount of memory which causes sysklogd to write to
unallocated memory. This could allow for a malicious user to crash
sysklogd.

The updated packages provide a patched sysklogd using patches
from Openwall to correct the problem and also corrects the use of
an unitialized variable (a previous use of “count”).


Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
56be6debadc1678fd1a15287ca5ae2ad
10.0/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
83af4672bd9150405f90aae4b6619cd9
10.0/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
b918c5ef6bb8447d239759efba3c7e09
corporate/2.1/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-3.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
7b8dbcdd9f920af85bb16b6e6025d7f3
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-3.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
2e2ef8b575701c38331dadb28487fda9
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-3.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
7b8dbcdd9f920af85bb16b6e6025d7f3
x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-3.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1:
d1739b0bbea69a1353d66f028f202dde
9.1/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.91mdk.i586.rpm
cdc57232ed5db82bf28d4b048647a71d
9.1/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.1/PPC:
3fd132a90c93f263931159c2f73d3d54
ppc/9.1/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm
cdc57232ed5db82bf28d4b048647a71d
ppc/9.1/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
aa42ba8d2829f8712783dde9510808c4
9.2/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
61aede3038c4888f0b3b290ec254135f
9.2/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64:
1c5c0d6e364c8306361557039ab34b12
amd64/9.2/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
61aede3038c4888f0b3b290ec254135f
amd64/9.2/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-5.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 8.2:
47933c75e29030d35644c84ea04bcfc4
mnf8.2/RPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-3.1.M82mdk.i586.rpm
9b20cb9f1a599f25f4a08bde99042543
mnf8.2/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.4.1-3.1.M82mdk.src.rpm


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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