Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:44 -0400
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2000:072-05] Updated gnorpm packages are available
for Red Hat Linux 6.1, 6.2, and 7.0
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: Updated gnorpm packages are available for Red Hat Linux 6.1, 6.2, and 7.0
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:072-05
Issue date: 2000-10-04
Updated on: 2000-10-11
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: security tmp rpm
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
A locally-exploitable security hole was found where a normal
user could trick root running GnoRPM into writing to arbitrary
files due to a bug in the gnorpm tmp file handling.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.1 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2EE – i386
Red Hat Linux 7.0 – i386
Red Hat Linux 7.0J – i386
3. Problem description:
While fixing other problems with the gnorpm package, a
locally-exploitable security hole was found where a normal user
could trick root running GnoRPM into writing to arbitrary files due
to a bug in the gnorpm tmp file handling.
A new release of GnoRPM (0.95.1) is now available. This fixes a
significant number of bugs in the gnorpm package, including this
security hole. Administrators who use this program on multi-user
machines should update it, and anyone who uses it regularly will
notice vast improvements.
All versions of GnoRPM before 0.95 are believed to be
vulnerable.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to library compatibility issues, this release
of GnoRPM 0.95.1 cannot be used on a Red Hat Linux 6.0 system. If
you are running Red Hat Linux 6.0, to close this security hole you
should abstain from using GnoRPM until packages are available for
that release. Alternatively you may upgrade to a later version of
Red Hat Linux. Packages that function properly on a Red Hat Linux
6.0 system are in development.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
6611 – GNORPM crashes when changing filter in the install
window
6657 – gnorpm crashes
6659 – need summary
7678 – Corrupted .gnome/gnorpm.d/resources/fullIndex.rdf.gz
9254 – GnoRPM dies behind firewall
10162 – “Query” button in toolbar doesn’t work properly
14327 – Querying RPMs after drag’n’drop crashes gnorpm
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.1, 6.2:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.0:
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/gnorpm-0.95.1-3.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/gnorpm-0.95.1-3.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
d3b1734ced52725118065ab2afce91be 6.2/SRPMS/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.src.rpm
1296b065d646657205042c97d7102961 6.2/alpha/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.alpha.rpm
593efce0c95012b16ee266944e394371 6.2/i386/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.i386.rpm
e1048b5dcb50f73e015105deb456265e 6.2/sparc/gnorpm-0.95.1-2.62.sparc.rpm
49a8ab2399540b8c701f411633b55083 7.0/SRPMS/gnorpm-0.95.1-3.src.rpm
4398b0b737d7ac9f75fff35472884cad 7.0/i386/gnorpm-0.95.1-3.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:
N/A
Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.