Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 07:53:24 +0100 (CET)
From: (Martin Schulze) <joey@infodrom org>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus com
Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 433-1] New Linux 2 4 17 packages fix local root exploit (mips+mipsel)
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 433-1 security@debian org
http://www debian org/security/ Martin Schulze
February 4th, 2004 http://www debian org/security/faq
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Package : kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips
Vulnerability : integer overflow
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2003-0961
RedHat and SuSE kernel and security teams revealed an integer overflow
in the do_brk() function of the Linux kernel allows local users to
gain root privileges
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4 Other architectures are already or
will be fixed separately
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon
with newly uploaded packages
We recommend that you upgrade your kernel image packages for the mips
and mipsel architectures This problem has been fixed in the upstream
version 2 4 23 as well and is also present in 2 4 24, of course
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file deb
will install the referenced file
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration
Debian GNU/Linux 3 0 alias woody
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Source archives:
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4 dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 786 2a51821fe269f966d29ad5606d6f2359
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4 tar gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1138358 70eb01fffb109418f252ce99cd185b36
Architecture independent components:
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_all deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1138584 464028c10809e94a643519f0deb422cb
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-headers-2 4 17_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_mips deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3475508 bdf1d27f96cb5a93832d5b297ce64307
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-image-2 4 17-r4k-ip22_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_mips deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2042436 9e4cc3cfcb829c9dea6654a76d08fbee
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-image-2 4 17-r5k-ip22_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_mips deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2042364 16d2a70c00bff7d28bac333fe07177f8
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-headers-2 4 17_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_mipsel deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3474274 858fa1fa773007d0f302d011745a7843
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-image-2 4 17-r3k-kn02_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_mipsel deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2198224 7c0930d1bb057576cb1fb0b386e3c66d
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/kernel-image-2 4 17-r4k-kn04_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_mipsel deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2194006 c7dafc8d835d7eab96d45744f8156ddd
http://security debian org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2 4 17-mips/mips-tools_2 4 17-0 020226 2 woody4_mipsel deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 14992 8e39b68df548876cf1489e5672499e93
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision
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For apt-get: deb http://security debian org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security debian org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists debian org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages debian org/<pkg>
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