Mandrake alert: Updated slocate packages fix vulnerability

Posted by dave on Jan 23, 2004 1:27 PM EDT
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A vulnerability was discovered by Patrik Hornik in slocate versions up to and including 2.7 where a carefully crafted database could overflow a heap-based buffer. This could be exploited by a local user to gain privileges of the 'slocate' group. The updated packages contain a patch from Kevin Lindsay that causes slocate to drop privileges before reading a user-supplied database.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory _______________________________________________________________________

Package name: slocate Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:004 Date: January 23rd, 2004

Affected versions: 9.1, 9.2, Corporate Server 2.1 ______________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered by Patrik Hornik in slocate versions up to and including 2.7 where a carefully crafted database could overflow a heap-based buffer. This could be exploited by a local user to gain privileges of the 'slocate' group. The updated packages contain a patch from Kevin Lindsay that causes slocate to drop privileges before reading a user-supplied database. _______________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0848 ______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages: Corporate Server 2.1: 671ffe86f5f126c12cef97de694a382c corporate/2.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm a8bc7ae36c40ab05cda054c0faee616a corporate/2.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/x86_64: 4ef15319c849f40ee280a78809e2792e x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm a8bc7ae36c40ab05cda054c0faee616a x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1: 178a0c6c116e64c67887c56fcf8f24ff 9.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.91mdk.i586.rpm b33e093e2178db9b22b8c7dc84f506d2 9.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC: d77bee6d3e3dfb380b78feedb2647f51 ppc/9.1/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm b33e093e2178db9b22b8c7dc84f506d2 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.91mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.2: d84f9a28b73dce95ef8948efcec4129b 9.2/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.92mdk.i586.rpm c69b0fd21ff789e387609eef25765f07 9.2/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 9.2/AMD64: 6ebc353d5ea7c470dfc23020fc29d80a amd64/9.2/RPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm c69b0fd21ff789e387609eef25765f07 amd64/9.2/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.1.92mdk.src.rpm _______________________________________________________________________

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

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

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

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

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

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

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