Mandrake Linux Advisories: eroaster, unzip

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 20, 2003

Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory


Package name: eroaster
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:083
Date: August 19th, 2003
Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1

Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered in eroaster where it does not
take any security precautions when creating a temporary file for
the lockfile. This vulnerability could be exploited to overwrite
arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running
eroaster.


References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0656


Updated Packages:

Corporate Server 2.1:
381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4
corporate/2.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0:
381dd0ff7119ea907f3e7c91125ed3d4
9.0/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5
9.0/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1:
24914649a0aefd1733b474e44509baf0
9.1/RPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.noarch.rpm
859fd6b2fe922be90f2594e4b7e0a8f5
9.1/SRPMS/eroaster-2.1.0-6.1mdk.src.rpm


Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for
more information):


To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The
verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed
automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can
obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by
executing:

gpg –recv-keys –keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net
0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours
to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services
that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be
obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory


Package name: unzip
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:073-1
Date: August 19th, 2003
Original Advisory Date: July 7th, 2003
Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi Network Firewall
8.2

Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered in unzip 5.50 and earlier that
allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive
extraction by placing non-printable characters between two “.”
characters. These invalid characters are filtered which results in
a “..” sequence.

The patch applied to these packages prevents unzip from writing
to parent directories unless the “-:” command line option is
used.

Update:

Ben Laurie found that the original patch used to fix this issue
missed a case where the path component included a quoted slash. An
updated patch was used to build these packages.


References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0282
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105259038503175


Updated Packages:

Corporate Server 2.1:
eb83a1f819f0407da2a6abe8f9470e6d
corporate/2.1/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
corporate/2.1/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64:
53ecb5284909bec78ef0b570dfbabf89
x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.x86_64.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2:
da00ebf987ca4200ce2ed926bf4adaeb
8.2/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
8.2/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
07252553006b6d428289f4fdfadf46fd
ppc/8.2/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.ppc.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
ppc/8.2/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.0:
eb83a1f819f0407da2a6abe8f9470e6d
9.0/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
9.0/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1:
32f6a6726eb9cfe5d76aec74a71228d1
9.1/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
9.1/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm

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Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
c4cc4eb7e92026ce5264daa57a42ce98
ppc/9.1/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.ppc.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
ppc/9.1/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm

Multi Network Firewall 8.2:
da00ebf987ca4200ce2ed926bf4adaeb
mnf8.2/RPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.i586.rpm
ece7c5edb30cb80c00e902a61126e68d
mnf8.2/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-4.2mdk.src.rpm


Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for
more information):


To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The
verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed
automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can
obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by
executing:

gpg –recv-keys –keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net
0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours
to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services
that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be
obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team

<security linux-mandrake.com>

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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