Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:42:22 +0200 (MEST)
From: Thomas Biege thomas@suse.de
To: suse-security-announce@suse.com
Subject: [suse-security-announce] SuSE Security Announcement:
kernel-2.2.x
SuSE Security Announcement
Package: kernel < 2.2.16
Date: Tue Jun 27 13:31:38 MEST 2000
Affected SuSE versions: 6.1-6.4
Vulnerability Type: local compromise of setuid applications
SuSE default package: yes
A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update it as soon as possible or disable the service if you
are using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).
Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected
as well, please contact your vendor for information about this
issue.
Please note that we provide this information on an “as-is” basis
only. There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any
direct, indirect or incidental damage arising from this information
or the installation of the update package.
1. Problem Description
The implementation of the capability feature of the kernel 2.2.x
< 2.2.16 is faulty.
2. Impact
This bug allows an local adversary to exploit certain setuid
applications to increase his/her privileges.
3. Solution
We are sorry about the late release of the new kernel, but the
plain 2.2.16 kernel causes trouble with our patches and it also has
a new security hole. After we solved all these problems, we hope,
we could provide you with a more stable and more secure kernel.
Please, update the package from our FTP server. (These RPMs
could also be used by SuSE Releases < 6.4!)
The Alpha kernel will be released within the next days. The PPC
kernel could be build from lx_suse.rpm
Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before
installing:
i386 Kernel Images:
c089568d3d6a9f0826146f9204a37888 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kernel-2.2.16/k_deflt.rpm
f454d629ccdf49e98fe759448ac1d34b ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kernel-2.2.16/k_eide.rpm
0c7111d249482920bb4a14a59ea1dbc2 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kernel-2.2.16/k_i386.rpm
Laptop Kernel Images:
3faa2d00ab77ce0c336fc8fa9d4dee11 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kernel-2.2.16/k_laptop.rpm
SMP Kernel Images:
45b9cd13f61e1cf0b82b8b2d847650c9 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kernel-2.2.16/k_smp.rpm
SuSE Kernel Source Code:
41bde34659d93214af2cf5da6e7e2896 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kernel-2.2.16/lx_suse.rpm
PPC Patches:
b9c8008eec0922a06c95be7c76f4da8e ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kernel-2.2.16/patch_collection.tar.gz
You can find updates on our ftp-Server:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update
for Intel processors
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update
for Alpha processors
or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:
http://www.suse.de/ftp.html
http://www.suse.com/ftp_new.html
Our webpage for patches:
http://www.suse.de/patches/index.html
Our webpage for security announcements:
http://www.suse.de/security
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security@suse.de
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