From openpkg@openpkg.org Mon Dec 16 13:41:35 2002 From: OpenPKG To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:42:41 +0100 Subject: [OpenPKG-SA-2002.014] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ________________________________________________________________________ OpenPKG Security Advisory The OpenPKG Project http://www.openpkg.org/security.html http://www.openpkg.org openpkg-security@openpkg.org openpkg@openpkg.org OpenPKG-SA-2002.014 16-Dec-2002 ________________________________________________________________________ Package: perl Vulnerability: unsafe Safe compartment OpenPKG Specific: no Dependent Packages: none Affected Releases: Affected Packages: Corrected Packages: OpenPKG 1.0 <= perl-5.6.1-1.0.1 >= perl-5.6.1-1.0.2 OpenPKG 1.1 <= perl-5.6.1-1.1.0 >= perl-5.6.1-1.1.1 OpenPKG CURRENT <= perl-5.8.0-20021129 >= perl-5.8.0-20021216 Description: Andreas Jurenda discovered [0] a security hole in Safe.pm for Perl [1]. When a Safe compartment has already been used, there's no guarantee that it's safe any longer, because there's a way for code executed within the Safe compartment to alter its operation mask. Programs that use a Safe compartment only once aren't affected by this bug. Check whether you are affected by running "/bin/rpm -q perl". If you have an affected version of the Perl package (see above), please upgrade it according to the solution below. Solution: Update existing packages to newly patched versions of Perl. Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release [2][3][4], and fetch it from the OpenPKG FTP service or a mirror location. Verify its integrity [5], build a corresponding binary RPM from it and update your OpenPKG installation by applying the binary RPM [6]. For the latest OpenPKG 1.1 release, perform the following operations to permanently fix the security problem (for other releases adjust accordingly). $ ftp ftp.openpkg.org ftp> bin ftp> cd release/1.1/UPD ftp> get perl-5.6.1-1.1.1.src.rpm ftp> bye $ /bin/rpm -v --checksig perl-5.6.1-1.1.1.src.rpm $ /bin/rpm --rebuild perl-5.6.1-1.1.1.src.rpm $ su - # /bin/rpm -Fvh /RPM/PKG/perl-5.6.1-1.1.1.*.rpm ________________________________________________________________________ References: [0] http://bugs6.perl.org/rt2/Ticket/Display.html?user=guest&pass=guest&id=17744 [1] http://www.perl.com/ [2] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.0/UPD/ [3] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/release/1.1/UPD/ [4] ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/current/SRC/ [5] http://www.openpkg.org/security.html#signature [6] http://www.openpkg.org/tutorial.html#regular-source ________________________________________________________________________ For security reasons, this advisory was digitally signed with the OpenPGP public key "OpenPKG " (ID 63C4CB9F) of the OpenPKG project which you can find under the official URL http://www.openpkg.org/openpkg.pgp or on http://keyserver.pgp.com/. To check the integrity of this advisory, verify its digital signature by using GnuPG (http://www.gnupg.org/). For example, pipe this message to the command "gpg --verify --keyserver keyserver.pgp.com". ________________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: OpenPKG iEYEARECAAYFAj3+AJgACgkQgHWT4GPEy58V+gCg7izWdygkK12AbXPpY2izzuWb wA4AoMG3rg9EUfy1fkimlOl5zxoAsLho =ZxAt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----