From security@mandriva.com Wed Sep 7 13:40:16 2005 From: Mandriva Security Team To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:10:13 -0600 Subject: [Full-disclosure] MDKSA-2005:156 - Updated ntp packages fix small security-related issue. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory _______________________________________________________________________ Package name: ntp Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:156 Date: September 6th, 2005 Affected versions: 10.2 ______________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: When starting xntpd with the -u option and specifying the group by using a string not a numeric gid the daemon uses the gid of the user not the group. The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2496 ______________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: Mandrakelinux 10.2: f8c40868f356423814da1ed1c96fa467 10.2/RPMS/ntp-4.2.0-18.1.102mdk.i586.rpm bbfded59532b51fb226f4a1d770b17ad 10.2/RPMS/ntp-client-4.2.0-18.1.102mdk.i586.rpm fa12c82a51e78230bedfb1b60bfd2076 10.2/SRPMS/ntp-4.2.0-18.1.102mdk.src.rpm Mandrakelinux 10.2/X86_64: 11d77745e05f559a9e3fa1beb2b19187 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/ntp-4.2.0-18.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm c64b3db1d415c80e76fab18066ef05ef x86_64/10.2/RPMS/ntp-client-4.2.0-18.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm fa12c82a51e78230bedfb1b60bfd2076 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/ntp-4.2.0-18.1.102mdk.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 Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDHi/lmqjQ0CJFipgRAm4fAJ4my6q6rPk6yZRlZ/vmmvQ3forMlQCgp6m8 GDByBPfVvou7Yw7BDqEJD48= =HKXB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/