Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:21:12 +0200
From: Trustix Secure Linux Advisor <tsl@trustix.com>
To: tsl-announce@trustix.com
Subject: TSLSA-2001-0025 - util-linux
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2001-0025
Package name: Util-linux
Summary: Possible to gain some other user's credentials
Date: 2001-10-17
Affected versions: TSL 1.5
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Problem description:
The "login" program in util-linux stored the user's credentials in a
static buffer that could later be reused in other PAM calls issued on
behalf of other users. This could lead to a user gaining access to
other accounts.
Note that this is not possible by default.
Action:
We recommend that all systems with this package installed are upgraded.
Location:
All TSL updates are available from
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>;
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>;
Automatic updates:
Users of the SWUP tool, can enjoy having updates automatically
installed using 'swup --upgrade'.
Get SWUP from:
<URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/>;
Questions?
Check out our mailing lists:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/support/>;
Verification:
This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
This key available from:
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY>;
The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/>;
or directly at
<URI:http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2001/TSL-2001-0024-postfix.asc.txt>;
MD5sums of the packages:
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ebdfde806ab5d2d67c25ffd1a90bb8aa ./1.5/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11f-6tr.src.rpm
d96660d42ee2901c18577e26616cabdf ./1.5/RPMS/util-linux-2.11f-6tr.i586.rpm
4a7a357bf1ad7e7999a39c508326b155 ./1.5/RPMS/mount-2.11f-6tr.i586.rpm
94dc41a4acf854f7bfff2276393ccd04 ./1.5/RPMS/losetup-2.11f-6tr.i586.rpm
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Trustix Security Team
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