Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:05:02 +0200 (MEST)
From: Marc Heuse marc@suse.de
Subject: [suse-security-announce] SuSE Security Announcement –
kreatecd
SuSE Security Announcement
Package: kreatecd < 0.3.8b
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:00:12 GMT
Affected SuSE versions: 6.4
Vulnerability Type: local root compromise
SuSE default package: no
Other affected systems: all unix systems using kreatecd
A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update 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
kreatecd is a KDE tool used to burn cd-roms. An exploitable
buffer overflow was found in this tool.
2. Impact
Local users may gain root privilige.
3. Solution
Update the package from our FTP server, or remove the suid bit
from this tool. (“chmod u-s /opt/kde/bin/kreatecd”)
Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before installing:
742ed57b8bfb022d4e3755e417612272 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/kpa1/kreatecd-0.3.8b-0.alpha.rpm
09cbe9a08cf2b0d5d5d0b1963c3edbcd ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/kpa1/kreatecd-0.3.8b-0.i386.rpm
e59c71fa6ae5cf59af9aa1bdce89b015 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/kpa1/kreatecd-0.3.8b-0.ppc.rpm
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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