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SUSE-SA-2008-040.txt

SUSE-SA-2008-040.txt
Posted Aug 14, 2008
Site suse.com

SUSE Security Announcement - During a source code audit the SuSE Security-Team discovered a local privilege escalation bug as well as a mailbox ownership problem in postfix. The first bug allowed local users to execute arbitrary commands as root while the second one allowed local users to read other users mail.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local, root
systems | linux, suse
advisories | CVE-2008-2936, CVE-2008-2937
SHA-256 | 81e5ad466814dd913906492cbc731965a6608acb67d8a6d24ce151ff5ae98b83

SUSE-SA-2008-040.txt

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______________________________________________________________________________

SUSE Security Announcement

Package: postfix
Announcement ID: SUSE-SA:2008:040
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000
Affected Products: openSUSE 10.2
openSUSE 10.3
openSUSE 11.0
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE SLES 9
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Open Enterprise Server
Novell Linux POS 9
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
Vulnerability Type: local privilege escalation
Severity (1-10): 6
SUSE Default Package: yes
Cross-References: CVE-2008-2936
CVE-2008-2937


Content of This Advisory:
1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
local privilege escalation and mbox ownership problem
Problem Description
2) Solution or Work-Around
3) Special Instructions and Notes
4) Package Location and Checksums
5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
none
6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

______________________________________________________________________________

1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

Postfix is a well known MTA.
During a source code audit the SuSE Security-Team discovered a local
privilege escalation bug (CVE-2008-2936) as well as a mailbox ownership
problem (CVE-2008-2937) in postfix.
The first bug allowed local users to execute arbitrary commands as root
while the second one allowed local users to read other users mail.


2) Solution or Work-Around

Please install the update package.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

After successfully installing the postfix update, execute the command
/etc/init.d/postfix restart
as root to restart the postfix system.

4) Package Location and Checksums

The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
Online Update (YOU) tool. YOU detects which updates are required and
automatically performs the necessary steps to verify and install them.
Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
announcement. Then install the packages using the command

rpm -Fhv <file.rpm>

to apply the update, replacing <file.rpm> with the filename of the
downloaded RPM package.


x86 Platform:

openSUSE 11.0:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update-debug/11.0/rpm/i586/postfix-debuginfo-2.5.1-28.3.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update-debug/11.0/rpm/i586/postfix-debugsource-2.5.1-28.3.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/11.0/rpm/i586/postfix-2.5.1-28.3.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/11.0/rpm/i586/postfix-devel-2.5.1-28.3.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/11.0/rpm/i586/postfix-mysql-2.5.1-28.3.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/11.0/rpm/i586/postfix-postgresql-2.5.1-28.3.i586.rpm

openSUSE 10.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/postfix-2.4.5-20.4.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/postfix-devel-2.4.5-20.4.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/postfix-mysql-2.4.5-20.4.i586.rpm
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/i586/postfix-postgresql-2.4.5-20.4.i586.rpm

openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/postfix-2.3.2-32.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/postfix-devel-2.3.2-32.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/postfix-mysql-2.3.2-32.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/postfix-postgresql-2.3.2-32.i586.rpm

Sources:

openSUSE 11.0:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/11.0/rpm/src/postfix-2.5.1-28.3.src.rpm

openSUSE 10.3:
http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/10.3/rpm/src/postfix-2.4.5-20.4.src.rpm

openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/postfix-2.3.2-32.src.rpm

Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
offered for installation from the maintenance web:

Open Enterprise Server
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

Novell Linux POS 9
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

Novell Linux Desktop 9
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

SUSE SLES 9
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=f572eea698b3b6a0124f7004ea6579c8

______________________________________________________________________________

5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:

none
______________________________________________________________________________

6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

- Announcement authenticity verification:

SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
security announcements are published with a valid signature.

To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
and run the command

gpg --verify <file>

replacing <file> with the name of the file where you saved the
announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:

gpg: Signature made <DATE> using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team <security@suse.de>"

where <DATE> is replaced by the date the document was signed.

If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
command

gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc

- Package authenticity verification:

SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
with.

The internal 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, replacing <file.rpm> with the
filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.

This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
the end of this announcement.

- SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may
subscribe:

opensuse-security@opensuse.org
- General Linux and SUSE security discussion.
All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list.
To subscribe, send an e-mail to
<opensuse-security+subscribe@opensuse.org>.

opensuse-security-announce@opensuse.org
- SUSE's announce-only mailing list.
Only SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list.
To subscribe, send an e-mail to
<opensuse-security-announce+subscribe@opensuse.org>.

=====================================================================
SUSE's security contact is <security@suse.com> or <security@suse.de>.
The <security@suse.de> 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, the
clear text signature should show proof of the authenticity of the text.

SUSE Linux Products GmbH provides 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 <security@suse.de>
pub 1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 SuSE Package Signing Key <build@suse.de>

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