From bugzilla@redhat.com Fri Apr 5 12:09:17 2002 From: bugzilla@redhat.com To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, linux-security@redhat.com Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 17:34 -0500 Subject: [RHSA-2002:054-09] Race conditions in logwatch [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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Race conditions in logwatch Advisory ID: RHSA-2002:054-09 Issue date: 2002-03-28 Updated on: 2002-04-04 Product: Red Hat Powertools Keywords: logwatch tmp race Cross references: RHSA-2002:053 Obsoletes: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated LogWatch packages are available that fix tmp file race conditions which can cause a local user to gain root privileges. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - noarch Red Hat Powertools 7.0 - noarch Red Hat Powertools 7.1 - noarch 3. Problem description: LogWatch is a customizable log analysis system which was available in Red Hat Powertools. Versions of LogWatch 2.1.1 and earlier have a vulnerability due to a race condition during the creation of a temporary directory. This vulnerability can allow a local user to gain root privileges. An additional race condition was found in versions of LogWatch 2.5 and earlier. Users should update to the errata packages containing Logwatch 2.6, which is not vulnerable to these issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2002-0162 and CAN-2002-0165 to these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 62055 - A /tmp race condition leads to root 46371 - Handle accepted packets, not just reject and deny 56191 - logwatch is too noisy 58578 - Problem with RPM dependance 61202 - Logwatch logs appear to have emerged themselves with other logfiles. They are semi-unreadable 61829 - logwatch's sshd filter should scan secure logs 61831 - logwatch modprobe filter should allow dashes in module names 61832 - secure filter should ignore sshd messages 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Powertools 6.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/powertools/SRPMS/logwatch-2.6-1.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/powertools/noarch/logwatch-2.6-1.noarch.rpm Red Hat Powertools 7.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/powertools/SRPMS/logwatch-2.6-1.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/powertools/noarch/logwatch-2.6-1.noarch.rpm Red Hat Powertools 7.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/powertools/SRPMS/logwatch-2.6-1.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/powertools/noarch/logwatch-2.6-1.noarch.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- bb75f22ed70447d6a46d5d5b2a7ec7aa 6.2/en/powertools/SRPMS/logwatch-2.6-1.src.rpm ac8ea7498a2d6b14bb325a511cf8ba6b 6.2/en/powertools/noarch/logwatch-2.6-1.noarch.rpm bb75f22ed70447d6a46d5d5b2a7ec7aa 7.0/en/powertools/SRPMS/logwatch-2.6-1.src.rpm ac8ea7498a2d6b14bb325a511cf8ba6b 7.0/en/powertools/noarch/logwatch-2.6-1.noarch.rpm bb75f22ed70447d6a46d5d5b2a7ec7aa 7.1/en/powertools/SRPMS/logwatch-2.6-1.src.rpm ac8ea7498a2d6b14bb325a511cf8ba6b 7.1/en/powertools/noarch/logwatch-2.6-1.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/pgpkey.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg 8. References: http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000002.html http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000003.html http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0162 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0165 Copyright(c) 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.