From security@linux-mandrake.com Tue Nov 21 14:48:57 2000 From: Linux Mandrake Security Team To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:55:52 -0700 Reply-To: security-discuss@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [BUGTRAQ] [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:072 - joe update [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ________________________________________________________________________ Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________ Package name: joe Date: November 20th, 2000 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:072 Affected versions: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 ________________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: When exiting joe in a non-standard way (such as a system crash, closing an xterm, or a network connection going down), joe will unconditionally append its open buffers to the file DEADJOE. This can be exploited by the creation of DEADJOE symlinks in directories where root would normally use joe. In this way, joe could be used to append garbage to potentially sensitive files, resulting in a denial of service or other problems. Users of Linux-Mandrake 7.0 and earlier should also note that joe's configuration files have moved from /usr/lib/joe to /etc/joe. ________________________________________________________________________ Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this by running the md5sum program on the downloaded package by using "md5sum package.rpm". Linux-Mandrake 6.0: 13d170b6ea743268d043d27ec13125b2 6.0/RPMS/joe-2.8-21.3mdk.i586.rpm 65c55ab73e66ea67ded58fb77a5fc7ea 6.0/SRPMS/joe-2.8-21.3mdk.src.rpm Linux-Mandrake 6.1: 8078bad4421a6e7090b23f6cf1f457df 6.1/RPMS/joe-2.8-21.3mdk.i586.rpm 65c55ab73e66ea67ded58fb77a5fc7ea 6.1/SRPMS/joe-2.8-21.3mdk.src.rpm Linux-Mandrake 7.0: 51c84ed7c0d859ae7c08414b92f54acc 7.0/RPMS/joe-2.8-21.3mdk.i586.rpm 65c55ab73e66ea67ded58fb77a5fc7ea 7.0/SRPMS/joe-2.8-21.3mdk.src.rpm Linux-Mandrake 7.1: 970975000a64dc08d8498f8d3e5d25f8 7.1/RPMS/joe-2.8-21.2mdk.i586.rpm 09652438758712eff7e04380c5d73013 7.1/SRPMS/joe-2.8-21.2mdk.src.rpm Linux-Mandrake 7.2: 409c7433858b819619f481597fbb18ea 7.2/RPMS/joe-2.8-21.1mdk.i586.rpm 736f08c1c8633667075e0d7f395b9697 7.2/SRPMS/joe-2.8-21.1mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically, use « MandrakeUpdate ». If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and uprade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm". You can download the updates directly from one of the mirror sites listed at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3. Updated packages are available in the "updates/[ver]/RPMS/" directory. For example, if you are looking for an updated RPM package for Linux-Mandrake 7.2, look for it in "updates/7.2/RPMS/". Updated source RPMs are available as well, but you generally do not need to download them. Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update, so if you want an immediate upgrade, please use one of the two above-listed mirrors. You can view other security advisories for Linux-Mandrake at: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/ If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security@linux-mandrake.com ________________________________________________________________________ Linux-Mandrake has two security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to: security-announce@linux-mandrake.com Linux-Mandrake's security announcements mailing list. Only announcements are sent to this list and it is read-only. security-discuss@linux-mandrake.com Linux-Mandrake's security discussion mailing list. This list is open to anyone to discuss Linux-Mandrake security specifically and Linux security in general. To subscribe to either list, send a message to sympa@linux-mandrake.com with "subscribe [listname]" in the body of the message. To remove yourself from either list, send a message to sympa@linux-mandrake.com with "unsubscribe [listname]" in the body of the message. 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Optionally, you can use the web interface to subscribe to or unsubscribe from either list: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3#security ________________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGiBDlp594RBAC2tDozI3ZgQsE7XwxurJCJrX0L5vx7SDByR5GHDdWekGhdiday L4nfUax+SeR9SCoCgTgPW1xB8vtQc8/sinJlMjp9197a2iKM0FOcPlkpa3HcOdt7 WKJqQhlMrHvRcsivzcgqjH44GBBJIT6sygUF8k0lU6YnMHj5MPc/NGWt8wCg9vKo P0l5QVAFSsHtqcU9W8cc7wMEAJzQsAlnvPXDBfBLEH6u7ptWFdp0GvbSuG2wRaPl hynHvRiE01ZvwbJZXsPsKm1z7uVoW+NknKLunWKB5axrNXDHxCYJBzY3jTeFjsqx PFZkIEAQphLTkeXXelAjQ5u9tEshPswEtMvJvUgNiAfbzHfPYmq8D6x5xOw1IySg 2e/LBACxr2UJYCCB2BZ3p508mAB0RpuLGukq+7UWiOizy+kSskIBg2O7sQkVY/Cs iyGEo4XvXqZFMY39RBdfm2GY+WB/5NFiTOYJRKjfprP6K1YbtsmctsX8dG+foKsD LLFs7OuVfaydLQYp1iiN6D+LJDSMPM8/LCWzZsgr9EKJ8NXiyrQ6TGludXggTWFu ZHJha2UgU2VjdXJpdHkgVGVhbSA8c2VjdXJpdHlAbGludXgtbWFuZHJha2UuY29t PohWBBMRAgAWBQI5aefeBAsKBAMDFQMCAxYCAQIXgAAKCRCaqNDQIkWKmK6LAKCy /NInDsaMSI+WHwrquwC5PZrcnQCeI+v3gUDsNfQfiKBvQSANu1hdulq5AQ0EOWnn 7xAEAOQlTVY4TiNo5V/iP0J1xnqjqlqZsU7yEBKo/gZz6/+hx75RURe1ebiJ9F77 9FQbpJ9Epz1KLSXvq974rnVb813zuGdmgFyk+ryA/rTR2RQ8h+EoNkwmATzRxBXV Jb57fFQjxOu4eNjZAtfII/YXb0uyXXrdr5dlJ/3eXrcO4p0XAAMFBACCxo6Z269s +A4v8C6Ui12aarOQcCDlV8cVG9LkyatU3FNTlnasqwo6EkaP572448weJWwN6SCX Vl+xOYLiK0hL/6Jb/O9Agw75yUVdk+RMM2I4fNEi+y4hmfMh2siBv8yEkEvZjTcl 3TpkTfzYky85tu433wmKaLFOv0WjBFSikohGBBgRAgAGBQI5aefvAAoJEJqo0NAi RYqYid0AoJgeWzXrEdIClBOSW5Q6FzqJJyaqAKC0Y9YI3UFlE4zSIGjcFlLJEJGX lA== =WxWn - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6GYRbmqjQ0CJFipgRApT+AJ4p7F4pXW/MRuK6pUQNv4RYush0CQCgro9u tXrysu2bbdn14N5IsU60zlY= =4VfC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----