Mandrake alert: cyrus-sasl update

Posted by dave on Feb 28, 2002 2:25 PM EDT
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Kari Hurtta discovered that a format bug exists in the Cyrus SASL library, which is used to provide an authentication API for mail clients and servers, as well as other services such as LDAP. The format bug was found in one of the logging functions which could be used by an attacker to obtain acces to a machine or to possibly acquire elevated privileges. Thanks to the SuSE security team for providing the fix.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: cyrus-sasl Advisory ID: MDKSA-2002:018 Date: February 28th, 2002 Affected versions: 8.0, 8.1 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Kari Hurtta discovered that a format bug exists in the Cyrus SASL library, which is used to provide an authentication API for mail clients and servers, as well as other services such as LDAP. The format bug was found in one of the logging functions which could be used by an attacker to obtain acces to a machine or to possibly acquire elevated privileges. Thanks to the SuSE security team for providing the fix. ________________________________________________________________________

References:

http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/3498 ________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

Mandrake Linux 8.0: c110b951eb6e6dd127278d141ae017ec 8.0/RPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm 5a81c471116fd3280545410602218b74 8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm 3c5e909197765e7c7e3fd4d64d78e33c 8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-devel-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm 8a753256fab3133323403b677751627d 8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-anonymous-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm c49a64e8626534e15e713e3f8fa86404 8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-crammd5-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm ff7715cd9cd294d3b81cee50cefc85da 8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-digestmd5-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm 509f3886238e82319f4915be216ee2ca 8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-login-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm 39a0a38600c3616084a223a6c9d9813e 8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-plain-1.5.27-2.2mdk.i586.rpm f461d7927bb6a5ce823e39cbd0282044 8.0/SRPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.0/ppc: 3d56507915a328027eb2732e9ea2635b ppc/8.0/RPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm b8018668a3be10465e21569767736c41 ppc/8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm 6b54cf0d088bec02c169de63bbf9da8c ppc/8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-devel-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm 42d2b3dfe4a6f85a49d99d1b85b26adc ppc/8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-anonymous-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm 22fa96eeac9cdfb62027c940c0541bc3 ppc/8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-crammd5-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm bd5236961108e6a24c505a0f5505b0ee ppc/8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-digestmd5-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm f72e2549b3d1f49d1b0fcf2b8117c824 ppc/8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-login-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm 10de1ac98cf5ccac0b7c9583b143603b ppc/8.0/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-plain-1.5.27-2.2mdk.ppc.rpm f461d7927bb6a5ce823e39cbd0282044 ppc/8.0/SRPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.1: 33e1f246a0bae9770cfbc2aae21e99f3 8.1/RPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm 3a0f490210aa941d968acd1bba684bdb 8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm 3e277093054c91473b93918668760e69 8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-devel-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm 24190e1579a8fe462cc52f947a9f681e 8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-anonymous-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm b1847f751833690bbc9097f7a8c330c5 8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-crammd5-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm 6eab441daeee1b4a153c3f5a79b8f08c 8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-digestmd5-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm 6eb39737af0326b6f9a980845f0a67b6 8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-login-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm 794ca199452d0417c886b909dc6c66a6 8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-plain-1.5.27-2.1mdk.i586.rpm ae5dee107ff81d69a05d81dae667e591 8.1/SRPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.1/ia64: 7e11d8bed415ab9d4775878aa20dd3f3 ia64/8.1/RPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm 1b906dd52503351517b01a879479c7a6 ia64/8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm 77570de31b1febab1d1ea558b1ff9bb0 ia64/8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-devel-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm c63fe54e109ca960dca5b9e131f77d3a ia64/8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-anonymous-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm 5d266b060f3224281463fc80354d116a ia64/8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-crammd5-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm 041a3c695b5d868302eb0f18484227fa ia64/8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-digestmd5-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm cb07f094cbde0198a20c6126e79009be ia64/8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-login-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm 198ba20b4dab503995248533d85875bb ia64/8.1/RPMS/libsasl7-plug-plain-1.5.27-2.1mdk.ia64.rpm ae5dee107ff81d69a05d81dae667e591 ia64/8.1/SRPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.27-2.1mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

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To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm". A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command:

rpm --checksig <filename>

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:

https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security@linux-mandrake.com ________________________________________________________________________

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team <security@linux-mandrake.com>

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