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SUSE Linux Advisories: mozilla, samba


SUSE Security Announcement

Package: mozilla
Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:036
Date: Wednesday, Oct 6th 14:36:39 MEST 2004
Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8, 9 SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0
Vulnerability Type: various vulnerabilities
Severity (1-10): 5
SUSE default package: yes
Cross References: http://www.mozilla.org/security/

Content of this advisory:

  1. security vulnerability resolved:
    • various vulnerabilities problem description
  2. solution/workaround
  3. special instructions and notes
  4. package location and checksums
  5. pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds:
    • openmotif
  6. standard appendix (further information)

1) problem description, brief discussion

During the last months a number of security problems have been
fixed in Mozilla and Mozilla based brwosers. These include:

  • CAN-2004-0718: content in unrelated windows could be
    modified
  • CAN-2004-0722: integer overflow in the SOAPParameter object
    constructor
  • CAN-2004-0757: heap-based buffer overflow in the SendUidl of
    POP3 code
  • CAN-2004-0758: denial-of-service with malicious SSL
    certificates
  • CAN-2004-0759: read files via JavaScript
  • CAN-2004-0760: MIME code handles %00 incorrectly
  • CAN-2004-0761: spoofing of security lock icon
  • CAN-2004-0762: manipulation of XPInstall Security dialog
    box
  • CAN-2004-0763: spoofing of SSL certificates by using redirects
    and JavaScript
  • CAN-2004-0764: hijacking the user interface via the “chrome”
    flag and XML User Interface Language (XUL) files
  • CAN-2004-0765: spoofing SSL certificates due to incorrecting
    comparsion of hostnames
  • CAN-2004-0902: Several heap based buffer overflows in Mozilla
    Browsers.
  • CAN-2004-0903: Stack-based buffer overflow in the writeGroup
    function in vcard handling.
  • CAN-2004-0904: Overflow in BMP bitmap decoding.
  • CAN-2004-0905: Crossdomain scripting and possible code
    execution by javascript drag and drop.
  • CAN-2004-0906: XPI Installer sets insecure permissions,
    allowing local users to overwrite files of the user.
  • CAN-2004-0908: Allow untrusted javascript code to read and
    write to the clipboard.
  • CAN-2004-0909: Allow remote attackers to trick the user into
    performing dangerous operations by modifying security relevant
    dialog boxes. 2) solution/workaround

Since there is no workaround, we recommend an update in any case
if you use the mozilla browser.

3) special instructions and notes

After successfully updating the package(s) you need to close all
instances of the web browser and restart it again.

4) package location and checksums

Due to the large amount of updated packages and dependencies we
do not provide MD5-sums this time. The updates are
cryptographically signed and are available for download via the
Yast Online Update.


5) Pending vulnerabilities in SUSE Distributions and
Workarounds:

  • openmotif The XPM security problems within openmotif have been
    fixed. New packages are available on our ftp servers.

6) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional
information

  • Package authenticity verification:

    SUSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers
    all over the world. While this service is being considered valuable
    and important to the free and open source software community, many
    users wish to be sure about the origin of the package and its
    content before installing the package. There are two verification
    methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the
    authenticity of a downloaded file or rpm package:

    1. md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed)
      announcement.
    2. using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package.
    3. execute the command md5sum <name-of-the-file.rpm> after
      you downloaded the file from a SUSE ftp server or its mirrors.
      Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in
      the announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums
      is cryptographically signed (usually using the key [email protected]), the checksums show
      proof of the authenticity of the package. We disrecommend to
      subscribe to security lists which cause the email message
      containing the announcement to be modified so that the signature
      does not match after transport through the mailing list software.
      Downsides: You must be able to verify the authenticity of the
      announcement in the first place. If RPM packages are being rebuilt
      and a new version of a package is published on the ftp server, all
      md5 sums for the files are useless.
    4. rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
      authenticity of an rpm package. Use the command rpm -v –checksig
      <file.rpm> to verify the signature of the package, where
      <file.rpm> is the filename of the rpm package that you have
      downloaded. Of course, package authenticity verification can only
      target an un-installed rpm package file. Prerequisites:

      1. gpg is installed
      2. The package is signed using a certain key. The public part of
        this key must be installed by the gpg program in the directory
        ~/.gnupg/ under the user’s home directory who performs the
        signature verification (usually root). You can import the key that
        is used by SUSE in rpm packages for SUSE Linux by saving this
        announcement to a file (“announcement.txt”) and running the command
        (do “su -” to be root): gpg –batch; gpg < announcement.txt |
        gpg –import SUSE Linux distributions version 7.1 and thereafter
        install the key “[email protected]
        upon installation or upgrade, provided that the package gpg is
        installed. The file containing the public key is placed at the
        top-level directory of the first CD (pubring.gpg) and at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/pubring.gpg-build.suse.de
        .
  • SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested
    party may subscribe: [email protected]
  • general/linux/SUSE security discussion. All SUSE security
    announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to

    <[email protected]>.

    [email protected]

  • SUSE’s announce-only mailing list. Only SUSE’s security
    announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to

    <[email protected]>.

    For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq)
    send mail to:

    <[email protected]>
    or <[email protected]>
    respectively.


SUSE’s security contact is <[email protected]> or
<[email protected]>. The
<[email protected]>
public key is listed below.


The information in this advisory may be distributed or
reproduced, provided that the advisory is not modified in any way.
In particular, it is desired that the clear-text signature shows
proof of the authenticity of the text.
SUSE Linux AG makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with
respect to the information contained in this security advisory.

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 2048R/3D25D3D9 1999-03-06 SuSE Security Team <[email protected]>
pub 1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 SuSE Package Signing Key <[email protected]>


SUSE Security Announcement

Package: samba
Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:035
Date: Tuesday, Oct 5th 2004 16:53:01 MEST
Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0
Vulnerability Type: remote file disclosure
Severity (1-10): 6
SUSE default package: Yes
Cross References: CAN-2004-0815

Content of this advisory:

  1. security vulnerability resolved:
    • Samba file access problem problem description
  2. solution/workaround
  3. special instructions and notes
  4. package location and checksums
  5. pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds:
    • opera
    • kernel
    • mozilla
  6. standard appendix (further information)

1) problem description, brief discussion

The Samba server, which allows to share files and resources via
the SMB/CIFS protocol, contains a bug in the sanitation code of
path names which allows remote attackers to access files outside of
the defined share. In order to access these files, they must be
readable by the account used for the SMB session. CAN-2004-0815 has
been assigned to this issue.

2) solution/workaround

As a temporary workaround you can set the wide links = no
option in smb.conf and restart the samba server. However an update
is recommended nevertheless.

3) special instructions and notes

After successfully updating the samba package, you need to issue
the following command as root:

rcsmb restart

4) package location and checksums

Please download the update package for your distribution and
verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this
announcement. Then, install the package using the command “rpm -Fhv
file.rpm” to apply the update.
Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The
packages are being offered to install from the maintenance web.

SUSE Linux 9.0:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.8a-226.i586.rpm

eb71869029b35d2a97d55e26514524db
patch rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.8a-226.i586.patch.rpm

48bb3e455079fcfdf4ad2baa28f28557
source rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/samba-2.2.8a-226.src.rpm

d162ea5a39b14ee16ae1c6d5df9211bb

SUSE Linux 8.2:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.8a-225.i586.rpm

79b0514a827bdd782e6d3f62bb92fb85
patch rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.8a-225.i586.patch.rpm

a50dd448212245d51e9ac59ae50514e8
source rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/samba-2.2.8a-225.src.rpm

25d488678b607b3c67612ee065abd77a

SUSE Linux 8.1:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.8a-224.i586.rpm

93d0fb2502f30593548dbe2f41ec8948
patch rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/samba-2.2.8a-224.i586.patch.rpm

da5b107fb71c5daf5972b6e0aaca4f5c
source rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/samba-2.2.8a-224.src.rpm

e0b9f9af6c5348cb9840b5d98a1c59dc

x86-64 Platform:
SUSE Linux 9.0:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/samba-2.2.8a-226.x86_64.rpm

0f1c94aa23653b0cf9b318646d9153af
patch rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/samba-2.2.8a-226.x86_64.patch.rpm

569974c359702c263b0968ce8fb9810f
source rpm(s):

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/samba-2.2.8a-226.src.rpm

75c1a01d03af42835809691840eaa331


5) Pending vulnerabilities in SUSE Distributions and
Workarounds:

  • opera
    New opera packages are available on our ftp servers, fixing
    CAN-2004-0691, CAN-2004-0597, CAN-2004-0598, CAN-2004-0599 and
    CAN-2004-0746.
  • kernel
    Update kernels for the kNFSd problem for SLES 8 and SL 8.1 have
    been released.
  • mozilla
    We are in the process of releasing updates for mozilla (and related
    browsers), fixing various issues: CAN-2004-0597, CAN-2004-0718,
    CAN-2004-0722, CAN-2004-0757, CAN-2004-0758, CAN-2004-0759,
    CAN-2004-0760, CAN-2004-0761, CAN-2004-0762, CAN-2004-0763,
    CAN-2004-0764 and CAN-2004-0765. We will give you concrete details
    in a separate mozilla advisory when the updates are available.

6) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional
information

  • Package authenticity verification:

    SUSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers
    all over the world. While this service is being considered valuable
    and important to the free and open source software community, many
    users wish to be sure about the origin of the package and its
    content before installing the package. There are two verification
    methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the
    authenticity of a downloaded file or rpm package:

    1. md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed)
      announcement.
    2. using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package.
    3. execute the command md5sum <name-of-the-file.rpm> after
      you downloaded the file from a SUSE ftp server or its mirrors.
      Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in
      the announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums
      is cryptographically signed (usually using the key [email protected]), the checksums show
      proof of the authenticity of the package. We disrecommend to
      subscribe to security lists which cause the email message
      containing the announcement to be modified so that the signature
      does not match after transport through the mailing list software.
      Downsides: You must be able to verify the authenticity of the
      announcement in the first place. If RPM packages are being rebuilt
      and a new version of a package is published on the ftp server, all
      md5 sums for the files are useless.
    4. rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
      authenticity of an rpm package. Use the command rpm -v –checksig
      <file.rpm> to verify the signature of the package, where
      <file.rpm> is the filename of the rpm package that you have
      downloaded. Of course, package authenticity verification can only
      target an un-installed rpm package file. Prerequisites:

      1. gpg is installed
      2. The package is signed using a certain key. The public part of
        this key must be installed by the gpg program in the directory
        ~/.gnupg/ under the user’s home directory who performs the
        signature verification (usually root). You can import the key that
        is used by SUSE in rpm packages for SUSE Linux by saving this
        announcement to a file (“announcement.txt”) and running the command
        (do “su -” to be root): gpg –batch; gpg < announcement.txt |
        gpg –import SUSE Linux distributions version 7.1 and thereafter
        install the key “[email protected]
        upon installation or upgrade, provided that the package gpg is
        installed. The file containing the public key is placed at the
        top-level directory of the first CD (pubring.gpg) and at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/pubring.gpg-build.suse.de
        .
  • SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested
    party may subscribe:

    [email protected]

  • general/linux/SUSE security discussion. All SUSE security
    announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to

    <[email protected]>.

    [email protected]

  • SUSE’s announce-only mailing list. Only SUSE’s security
    announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to

    <[email protected]>.

    For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq)
    send mail to:

    <[email protected]>
    or <[email protected]>
    respectively.


SUSE’s security contact is <[email protected]> or
<[email protected]>. The
<[email protected]>
public key is listed below.


The information in this advisory may be distributed or
reproduced, provided that the advisory is not modified in any way.
In particular, it is desired that the clear-text signature shows
proof of the authenticity of the text.
SUSE Linux AG makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with
respect to the information contained in this security advisory.

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 2048R/3D25D3D9 1999-03-06 SuSE Security Team <[email protected]>
pub 1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 SuSE Package Signing Key <[email protected]>

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