-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: sudo Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2001:13 Date: Wednesday, April 18th, 2001 12.26 MEST Affected SuSE versions: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1 Vulnerability Type: possible local root compromise Severity (1-10): 6 SuSE default package: no Other affected systems: all systems using sudo Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: sudo problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information The setuid application sudo(8) allows a user to execute commands under the privileges of another user (including root). sudo(8) previous to version 1.6.3p6 is vulnerable by a buffer overflow in it's logging code, which could lead to local root compromise. There is no exploit known to be public. A useful workaround isn't possible, the only fix is to install the new sudo packages. Download the update package from locations described below and install the package with the command `rpm -Uhv file.rpm'. The md5sum for each file is in the line below. You can verify the integrity of the rpm files using the command `rpm --checksig --nogpg file.rpm', independently from the md5 signatures below. i386 Intel Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-3.i386.rpm b0d658c98effd4e11bed6d8c1f5f80f9 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-3.src.rpm a4b44f0998a165b3a69c598075420b7f SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-21.i386.rpm a002d657c7faf24b9fb5b430061e6c19 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-21.src.rpm d9ebc68015886fb642a1795e21bde788 SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.i386.rpm 8a25b40ba081be885b214410b3c662ce source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm 9a13efa0d76a4fe3cbda7dcd2e2befe0 SuSE-6.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.i386.rpm a6e359c6449d764199bce3b7bc2867d8 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.src.rpm b89db78d5b8d04b10ac6e17c29cec1c4 SuSE-6.2 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.i386.rpm c3fbbff2219bf948f9b209eefafab4fe source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm 85ae3e3b9ef159201bb661e8f83e82d3 SuSE-6.1 Packets for 6.1 won't be available, sorry. Try to install the 6.2-RPM, please. Sprac Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-8.sparc.rpm 5531c5be20082b084e940d4e66dffea0 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-8.src.rpm 98fb9920e8de32727deb5e4295ee70d4 SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-9.sparc.rpm cdd87431019ace22d0a2b0d46b294856 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-9.src.rpm 846035dcf0e42d22aac5d0dc77d90a02 AXP Alpha Platform: SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-12.alpha.rpm c0fea14a3c0e565892f150cf97d971ed source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-12.src.rpm 42651a443d7ca62415bc2d3ef3dc5bde SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.alpha.rpm 9a177de02176df90d8006fc7e8adae0d source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm 9f52a3df082ba513cbc0af5da6cccbe4 SuSE-6.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.alpha.rpm 5bbe1f211cb53758ad2840d192280269 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-79.src.rpm 4687f818ab5dbc50b1c0a3b907775f30 PPC PowerPC Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-5.ppc.rpm 199a677423a84bc577a7a9199e5e22d4 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.1/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-5.src.rpm 49ed607375823b56d819e0610e3a8d31 SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/ap1/sudo-1.6.3p6-10.ppc.rpm 03ffbcf07ba9a4222c75b162c97f9292 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/zq1/sudo-1.6.3p6-10.src.rpm a07d0b0283ca83e14c4d58ca9bcc933c SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/ap1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.ppc.rpm b5c9dee89ee0101fa8ac5795c1e8e49c source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/zq1/sudo-1.5.9p1-80.src.rpm bfc917660898fdf9f2de170895ca7b22 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds: - New RPMs for HylaFax, a Fax Server, are currently being build, which fix a format bug in hfaxd, which could lead to local root privilege. - NEdit a GUI-style text editor needs an update due to a tmp race condition. The source code is currently being reviewed and new RPMs will be available within the next days. - Updated man RPMs will be available in a few days. - In the past weeks, some security related bugs in the Linux kernel 2.2 and 2.4 were found. An announcement, that addresses this will be released this week. - Samba has serveral security problems, which could lead to local root access. Samba 2.0.8 fixes these problems. New RPMs are currently being build. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) standard appendix: SuSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security@suse.com - general/linux/SuSE security discussion. All SuSE security announcements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to . suse-security-announce@suse.com - SuSE's announce-only mailing list. Only SuSE's security annoucements are sent to this list. To subscribe, send an email to . 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