Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 15:49 -0500
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
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Subject: [RHSA-2000:075-07] Updated usermode packages available
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: Updated usermode packages available
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:075-07
Issue date: 2000-10-05
Updated on: 2000-11-08
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: usermode format-string
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
Updated usermode packages are now available for Red Hat Linux
6.x and 7.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.0 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.1 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2EE – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 – i386
Red Hat Linux 7.0J – i386
3. Problem description:
The usermode package contains a binary (/usr/bin/userhelper),
which is used to control access to programs which are to be
executed as root. Because programs invoked by userhelper are not
actually running setuid-root, security measures built into recent
versions of glibc are not active.
If one of these programs supports internationalized text
messages, a malicious user can use the LANG or LC_ALL environment
variables (which are inherited by userhelper and, in turn, any
programs it runs) to create a format-string exploit in these
programs.
These updated packages also fix a problem due to an incorrect
path specification in the /usr/bin/shutdown wrapper script and
close a potential security vulnerability in the userhelper
binary.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
18046 – Another security hole in usermode/glibc
19034 – shutdown wrapper references non-existent
/usr/sbin/shutdown
20160 – shutdown script contains call to /usr/sbin/shutdown, which
doesn’t exist
20027 – /usr/sbin/userhelper dies in segmentation fault
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.0:
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 6.1:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 6.2:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.0:
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/usermode-1.37-2.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-2.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
3310677ae7403c683e7947cd86b19344 6.0/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm e299c4b17b7eafdf66acf1fb21491d9b 6.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm 546bf7949c5be73b9f28b1819bfbd7c6 6.0/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm 978af994a09fcbc4bf1cb2fa2723bfe7 6.0/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ca5b97a1abb47b64d71ef69ab96fcb8a 6.0/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm e8fe2db6f95348a93a373673b1c87443 6.0/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm 4dfeacb8db12af4b2666f2792e1027c1 6.0/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm ba94a59a3a8195346735f202f28af3f8 6.0/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm 3310677ae7403c683e7947cd86b19344 6.1/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm e299c4b17b7eafdf66acf1fb21491d9b 6.1/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm 546bf7949c5be73b9f28b1819bfbd7c6 6.1/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm 978af994a09fcbc4bf1cb2fa2723bfe7 6.1/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ca5b97a1abb47b64d71ef69ab96fcb8a 6.1/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm e8fe2db6f95348a93a373673b1c87443 6.1/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm 4dfeacb8db12af4b2666f2792e1027c1 6.1/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm ba94a59a3a8195346735f202f28af3f8 6.1/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm 3310677ae7403c683e7947cd86b19344 6.2/SRPMS/SysVinit-2.78-5.src.rpm e299c4b17b7eafdf66acf1fb21491d9b 6.2/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-1.6.src.rpm 546bf7949c5be73b9f28b1819bfbd7c6 6.2/alpha/SysVinit-2.78-5.alpha.rpm 978af994a09fcbc4bf1cb2fa2723bfe7 6.2/alpha/usermode-1.37-1.6.alpha.rpm ca5b97a1abb47b64d71ef69ab96fcb8a 6.2/i386/SysVinit-2.78-5.i386.rpm e8fe2db6f95348a93a373673b1c87443 6.2/i386/usermode-1.37-1.6.i386.rpm 4dfeacb8db12af4b2666f2792e1027c1 6.2/sparc/SysVinit-2.78-5.sparc.rpm ba94a59a3a8195346735f202f28af3f8 6.2/sparc/usermode-1.37-1.6.sparc.rpm ede9b759a01552a261c67ebf0238794a 7.0/SRPMS/usermode-1.37-2.src.rpm c32888b6f362b04f8a3805d4465c042a 7.0/i386/usermode-1.37-2.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:
N/A
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