Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 12:27:08 -0600
From: Technical Support support@PHOENIX.CALDERASYSTEMS.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: Security Update: /tmp file race in faxrunq
Caldera Systems, Inc. Security Advisory
Subject: /tmp file race in faxrunq
Advisory number: CSSA-2000-029.0
Issue date: 2000 August, 30
Cross reference:
1. Problem Description
The mgetty package contains a number of tools for sending an
receiving facsimiles. One of the tools, faxrunq, uses a marker file
in a world-writable directory in an unsecure fashion. This bug
allows malicious users to clobber files on the system owned by the
user invoking faxrunq.
On a default installation of OpenLinux, this utility is never
used, so users should be safe unless they have manually configured
mgetty to regularly run faxrunq (e.g. via the cron daemon).
2. Vulnerable Versions
System Package
OpenLinux Desktop 2.3 All packages previous to
mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2OL
OpenLinux eServer 2.3 All packages previous to
and OpenLinux eBuilder mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2S
OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 All packages previous to
mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2
3. Solution
Workaround:
Unless you’ve manually configured mgetty for fax sending, no
workaround is required. If you do use sendfax, upgrade to
mgetty-1.1.22.
We recommend our users to upgrade to the new packages.
4. OpenLinux Desktop 2.3
4.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera’s FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/2.3/current/RPMS/
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/2.3/current/SRPMS
4.2 Verification
bd77ccb42f392969df0b4ccd4f15fd09
RPMS/mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2OL.i386.rpm
a24e9ebd58c85bd14e5d454e5b2f5c20
SRPMS/mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2OL.src.rpm
4.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fhv mgetty-*i386.rpm
5. OpenLinux eServer 2.3 and OpenLinux eBuilder for ECential
3.0
5.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera’s FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eServer/2.3/current/RPMS/
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eServer/2.3/current/SRPMS
5.2 Verification
4333586142d2f34f2f1889ca0bfd4805
RPMS/mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2S.i386.rpm
7de5660745afabfff123c7cf3abd686c
SRPMS/mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2S.src.rpm
5.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fhv mgetty-*i386.rpm
6. OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
6.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera’s FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eDesktop/2.4/current/RPMS/
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eDesktop/2.4/current/SRPMS
6.2 Verification
8448f67301c06baf05df34837fabd88d
RPMS/mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2.i386.rpm
bd07601a9d24aad43f6fd2043822d8c8
SRPMS/mgetty-1.1.22_Aug17-2.src.rpm
6.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fhv mgetty-*i386.rpm
7. References
This and other Caldera security resources are located at:
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/index.html
This security fix closes Caldera’s internal Problem Report
7555.
8. Disclaimer
Caldera Systems, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of any
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.