Debian Security Advisory DSA 442-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
Martin Schulze
February 19th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
Package : kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390, kernel-image-2.4.17-s390
Vulnerability : several
Problem-Type : local, remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2003-0001 CAN-2003-0244 CAN-2003-0246 CAN-2003-0247
CAN-2003-0248 CAN-2003-0364 CAN-2003-0961 CAN-2003-0985
CAN-2004-0077 CVE-2002-0429
Several security related problems have been fixed in the Linux
kernel 2.4.17 used for the S/390 architecture, mostly by
backporting fixes from 2.4.18 and incorporating recent security
fixes. The corrections are listed below with the identification
from the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project:
CAN-2002-0429:
The iBCS routines in arch/i386/kernel/traps.c for Linux kernels
2.4.18 and earlier on x86 systems allow local users to kill
arbitrary processes via a a binary compatibility interface
(lcall)
CAN-2003-0001:
Multiple ethernet network interface card (NIC) device drivers do
not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote attackers to
obtain information from previous packets or kernel memory by using
malformed packets, as demonstrated by Etherleak.
CAN-2003-0244:
The route cache implementation in Linux 2.4, and the Netfilter
IP conntrack module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (CPU consumption) via packets with forged source addresses
that cause a large number of hash table collisions related to the
PREROUTING chain
CAN-2003-0246:
The ioperm system call in Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier does
not properly restrict privileges, which allows local users to gain
read or write access to certain I/O ports.
CAN-2003-0247:
A vulnerability in the TTY layer of the Linux kernel 2.4 allows
attackers to cause a denial of service (“kernel oops”).
CAN-2003-0248:
The mxcsr code in Linux kernel 2.4 allows attackers to modify
CPU state registers via a malformed address.
CAN-2003-0364:
The TCP/IP fragment reassembly handling in the Linux kernel 2.4
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU
consumption) via certain packets that cause a large number of hash
table collisions
CAN-2003-0961:
An integer overflow in brk() system call (do_brk() function) for
Linux allows a local attacker to gain root privileges. Fixed
upstream in Linux 2.4.23.
CAN-2003-0985:
Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in bounds checking in mremap()
in the Linux kernel (present in version 2.4.x and 2.6.x) which may
allow a local attacker to gain root privileges. Version 2.2 is not
affected by this bug. Fixed upstream in Linux 2.4.24.
CAN-2004-0077:
Paul Starzetz and Wojciech Purczynski of isec.pl discovered a
critical security vulnerability in the memory management code of
Linux inside the mremap(2) system call. Due to missing function
return value check of internal functions a local attacker can gain
root privileges. Fixed upstream in Linux 2.4.25 and 2.6.3.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been
fixed in version 2.4.17-2.woody.3 of s390 images and in version
0.0.20020816-0.woody.2 of the patch packages.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed
soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your Linux kernel packages
immediately.
Upgrade Instructions
wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 754 8f59252c74198c796f544ac312cbf522
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816-0.woody.2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5824 81d3c045df500f3e2da56de87b4c434d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 338001 5979fbe7c3325033536dfd3914e22dbd
Size/MD5 checksum: 793 fd4b67d1ba928ded93263c2d95327b65
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.3.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 7866 50f9e176f8d7fbf6eb6124bf864e6c48
Architecture independent components:
Size/MD5 checksum: 300766 03b0017cad1c479c4109c0ad5f072ab0
IBM S/390 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 3335312 84663c81b952cfa9407c84985f5623d7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1342758 b5cd48b7cde59c3893c983d95e451a23
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution
on its next revision.
For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/
stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security
dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>’ and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>