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Caldera Systems, Inc. Security Advisory
Subject: buffer overflow in amd
Advisory number: CSSA-1999:024.0
Issue date: 1999 August, 27
Cross reference:
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1. Problem Description
There is a buffer overflow in AMD, the automounter daemon. It
can be exploited by a remote attacker to obtain super user
privilege on the attacked host.
2. Vulnerable Versions
Systems : COL 2.2
Packages: am-utils-6.0-7
3. Solutions
Workaround: none
The proper solution is to upgrade to the latest packages
rpm -U am-utils-6.0-7.i386.rpm
4. Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera’s FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/2.2/current/RPMS/
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.calderaystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/2.2/current/SRPMS
5. Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -U am-utils-6.0-7.i386.rpm
6. Verification
9f60c7a0175ae288c821e4a4493ad9c9 RPMS/am-utils-6.0-7.i386.rpm
94094e382d5ce609146d1e155cb87e3f SRPMS/am-utils-6.0-7.src.rpm
7. References
This and other Caldera security resources are located at:
http://www.calderasystems.com/news/security/index.html
This security fix closes Caldera’s internal Problem Report
5093
8. Disclaimer
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of the information we provide on this website and/or through our
security advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers
intended to promote secure installation and use of Caldera
OpenLinux.