Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:46 -0500
From: redhat-watch-list-admin@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2001:005-03] New micq packages are available
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: New micq packages are available
Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:005-03
Issue date: 2001-01-24
Updated on: 2001-01-24
Product: Red Hat Powertools
Keywords: buffer overflow
Cross references:
Obsoletes:
1. Topic:
New micq packages are available which fix a buffer overflow
vulnerability.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0 – alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.1 – alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 – alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 7.0 – alpha, i386
3. Problem description:
A buffer overflow exists in the micq package, which allows
arbitrary commands to be executed. This update fixes the
problem.
4. Solution:
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh
where is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs
which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note
that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directly
*only* contains the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat
Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To
use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the
following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the
appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-1.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/alpha/micq-0.4.6-1.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/i386/micq-0.4.6-1.i386.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.0/sparc/micq-0.4.6-1.sparc.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 6.1:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-1.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/alpha/micq-0.4.6-1.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/i386/micq-0.4.6-1.i386.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/sparc/micq-0.4.6-1.sparc.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 6.2:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-1.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/micq-0.4.6-1.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/micq-0.4.6-1.i386.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/micq-0.4.6-1.sparc.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 7.0:
SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-2.src.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/alpha/micq-0.4.6-2.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/7.0/i386/micq-0.4.6-2.i386.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
3377d787fb7d8d37d7488493f558d961 6.0/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-1.src.rpm 5fa4df1afb1e397ac6617e0d76446e1a 6.0/alpha/micq-0.4.6-1.alpha.rpm c963ccb56d15171741734f7a810abff2 6.0/i386/micq-0.4.6-1.i386.rpm 331a526910943a587e711781cae979bc 6.0/sparc/micq-0.4.6-1.sparc.rpm 3377d787fb7d8d37d7488493f558d961 6.1/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-1.src.rpm 5fa4df1afb1e397ac6617e0d76446e1a 6.1/alpha/micq-0.4.6-1.alpha.rpm c963ccb56d15171741734f7a810abff2 6.1/i386/micq-0.4.6-1.i386.rpm 331a526910943a587e711781cae979bc 6.1/sparc/micq-0.4.6-1.sparc.rpm 3377d787fb7d8d37d7488493f558d961 6.2/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-1.src.rpm 5fa4df1afb1e397ac6617e0d76446e1a 6.2/alpha/micq-0.4.6-1.alpha.rpm c963ccb56d15171741734f7a810abff2 6.2/i386/micq-0.4.6-1.i386.rpm 331a526910943a587e711781cae979bc 6.2/sparc/micq-0.4.6-1.sparc.rpm c4dc138b56e3020cf4dff7c33d9364cd 7.0/SRPMS/micq-0.4.6-2.src.rpm ff0d7d23c2a91bfde623586f3a10b226 7.0/alpha/micq-0.4.6-2.alpha.rpm f3225579995fae731b7db74d7f8c3763 7.0/i386/micq-0.4.6-2.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg <filename>
8. References:
Thanks to tHE rECIdjVO <recidjvo@pkcrew.org> for finding
the vulnerability and to Seva Gluschenko <gvs@rinet.ru> for
reporting lit to Bugtraq.
Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc.