-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Subject: Caldera Security Advisory SA-1998.02: Vulnerability in routed Original report date: 08-Jan-1998 RPM build date: 08-Jan-1998 Advisory issue date: 13-Jan-1998 Topic: Vulnerability in routed package I. Problem Description A vulnerability exists within routed which will allow an attacker to turn on debug mode and specify a file to open for appending data. II. Impact The attacker can append data to any file on the system if the router daemon "routed" is running. Caldera installations are set up by default so they do not run routed, however we recommend that all Caldera users update now even if they are not currently starting routed. This problem was present on the following OpenLinux releases: CND 1.0 Base 1.0 Lite 1.1 Base 1.1 Standard 1.1 III. Solution Install the new netkit-routed package that contains the fixed routed daemon. The binary RPM package is located on Caldera's FTP server (ftp.caldera.com): /pub/openlinux/updates/1.1/current/RPMS/netkit-routed-0.10-2.i386.rpm Source code in an RPM format can also be obtained from: /pub/openlinux/updates/1.1/current/SRPMS/netkit-routed-0.10-2.src.rpm To install the new package execute (as root) the following command: rpm -U routed-0.10-2.i386.rpm The MD5 checksums (from the "md5sum" command) for these packages are: e215ee673427f0526110be3f14af4585 netkit-routed-0.10-2.i386.rpm 0186e22b95375835531f1cb39ee8a64a netkit-routed-0.10-2.src.rpm IV. References This and other Caldera security resources are located at: http://www.caldera.com/tech-ref/security/ This security advisory report is based on the posting to the Bugtraq email list: From: (Aleph One) aleph1@DFW.NET To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG Subject: riptrace.c Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 15:19:03 -0600 Message-ID: Pine.SUN.3.94.980108151813.18345G-100000@dfw.dfw.net http://www.netspace.org/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind9801b&L=bugtraq#26 This update closes Caldera internal problem report #1545. V. PGP Signature This message was signed with the PGP key for security@caldera.com. This key can be obtained from: ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/pgp-keys/ Or on an OpenLinux CDROM under: /OpenLinux/pgp-keys/ $Id: SA-1998.02,v 1.3 1998/01/14 05:40:39 ron Exp $ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNLxP+On+9R4958LpAQHzowQAlEZ5gT4mj89r8W+zLrqiOWpzfxd3wqS1 BwhMklRAeJdiEJpynGa/InHDfkLJXZpVTQAbJeX7Yr1eKNoQNhLDFwiXV/ksP2xI MPEe861ewd6q72FUz1IJ878ANe3G6QzoiiL1pbSTTe6flg4eHiuFSoZ4UYvlWE5S voXX1kcaR+o= =6Z1b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----