From security@linux-mandrake.com Mon Dec 6 22:15:05 2004 From: Mandrake Linux Security Team To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Date: 7 Dec 2004 02:15:48 -0000 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] MDKSA-2004:142 - Updated gzip packages fix temporary file vulnerability -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory _______________________________________________________________________ Package name: gzip Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:142 Date: December 6th, 2004 Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2 ______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: The Trustix developers found some insecure temporary file creation problems in the zdiff, znew, and gzeze supplemental scripts in the gzip package. These flaws could allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack. A similar problem was fixed last year (CAN-2003-0367) in which this same problem was found in znew. At that time, Mandrakesoft also used mktemp to correct the problems in gzexe. This update uses mktemp to handle temporary files in the zdiff script. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0970 ______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandrakelinux 10.0: 90bed38351f26f8ba6407aaf994bf32f 10.0/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.100mdk.i586.rpm 040cd4de118139d83a3eb0c9f69455d6 10.0/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.100mdk.src.rpm Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64: 3948d5261fdae9eb41492090e2037d8a amd64/10.0/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm 040cd4de118139d83a3eb0c9f69455d6 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.100mdk.src.rpm Mandrakelinux 10.1: daebea05aa9aee97b129cf70c33da39e 10.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.101mdk.i586.rpm 82b00b5e80d75f9be44faefee7030548 10.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.101mdk.src.rpm Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64: cb67ff9bdd9077105952417e4af9b0f9 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm 82b00b5e80d75f9be44faefee7030548 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.101mdk.src.rpm Corporate Server 2.1: 8f06248061b9ac6dd4460e94e263b077 corporate/2.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-11.3.C21mdk.i586.rpm 30ef2298b4dc0582f0d5004cba2313fe corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-11.3.C21mdk.src.rpm Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64: e11f60108a7efc0bd917afdb4398b438 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-11.3.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm 30ef2298b4dc0582f0d5004cba2313fe x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-11.3.C21mdk.src.rpm Mandrakelinux 9.2: 3a58262efc591b05714489fdf7aa764a 9.2/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.92mdk.i586.rpm 50afab34a696bf740aeaf999a65d660b 9.2/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.92mdk.src.rpm Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64: ef5b7fd75554c4d1b125036e2341bc55 amd64/9.2/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm 50afab34a696bf740aeaf999a65d660b amd64/9.2/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-13.1.92mdk.src.rpm Multi Network Firewall 8.2: d65c27535c3013ec5022e15f1153dc06 mnf8.2/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-11.3.M82mdk.i586.rpm 6997833b18051d19123abc2d03d5147b mnf8.2/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-11.3.M82mdk.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_linux-mandrake.com Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBtRJUmqjQ0CJFipgRAo1IAKC8n425FeZF3jY5gbORaPcEar0ldQCgpIGG BHdNMzekAk/6EWJ8/xHlgJg= =mjjq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html