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TurboLinux Security Announcement: slocate-2.3-1 and earlierFeb 08, 2001, 22:01 (0 Talkback[s])Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:57:26 -0800 TurboLinux Security Announcement Vulnerable Packages: slocate-2.3-1 and earlier Date: 02/02/2001 5:00 PDT Affected TurboLinux versions:TL 6.1 WorkStation, All TurboLinux versions 6.0.5 and earlier TurboLinux Advisory ID#: TLSA2001002-1 Credits: Vulnerability discovered by zorgon Detailed information and exploit posted to Bugtraq by Michel Kaempf. A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above. Please update the package in your installation as soon as possible. 1. Problem Summary There is a heap-corruption vulnerability existing in slocate. It can compromise slocate's ability to maintain an index of the entire file- system as well as its ability to read user-specified databases. 2. Impact(Based on the BugTraq advisory on securityfocus.com, id#2004) Secure Locate maintains an index of the entire filesystem, including files only visible by root. The slocate binary is setgid "slocate" so it can read this index. The heap-corruption vulnerability may com- promise disclosure of these files if exploited. When running slocate, users are able to specify a database of their own as a commandline parameter. A subtle vulnerability exists in slocate's reading of these user-supplied databases that may allow a local user to execute arbitrary code with effective gid slocate. When reading the contents of the database file, slocate
initially reads a value from the file that is supposed to indicate
the offset in a As a result, it is possible for a local user to overwrite internal malloc memory structures on the heap with arbitrary data. Attackers can replace a legitimate malloc structure with a malicious one designed to cause other areas of memory to be overwritten. 3. Solution Update the package from our ftp server by running the following command: rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force ftp_path_to_filename Where ftp_path_to_filename is the following: ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/slocate-2.3-2.i386.rpm The source RPM can be downloaded here: ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/SRPMS/slocate-2.3-2.src.rpm **Note: You must rebuild and install the RPM if you choose to download and install the SRPM. Simply installing the SRPM alone WILL NOT CLOSE THE SECURITY HOLE. Please verify the MD5 checksums of the updates before you install: MD5 sum Package Name 2218c7eff5c4541202417b78238b3174 slocate-2.3-2.i386.rpm c7dc22a05bb20437ced73696fec04188 slocate-2.3-2.src.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Turbolinux for security. Our key is available here: http://www.turbolinux.com/security/tlgpgkey.asc To verify a package, use the following command: rpm --checksig name_of_rpm To examine only the md5sum, use the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg name_of_rpm **Note: Checking GPG keys requires RPM 3.0 or higher. You can find more updates on our ftp server: ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/
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