Debian: UPDATED: 2.2 kernel multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
NOTE: This advisory is being released as a factual correction to
DSA-336-1. In an administrative error, DSA-336-1 listed several CVE
names which did not, in fact, apply to Linux 2.2.20, and omitted one
vulnerability which was fixed in the updated packages. The packages
are (and were) correct, and remain unchanged. The package changelog
contains the correct information. This advisory provides updated
information only.
A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel.
- - CVE-2002-0429: The iBCS routines in arch/i386/kernel/traps.c for
Linux kernels 2.4.18 and earlier on x86 systems allow local users to
kill arbitrary processes via a a binary compatibility interface
(lcall)
- - CAN-2003-0001: Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device
drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote
attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel
memory by using malformed packets
- - CAN-2003-0127: The kernel module loader allows local users to gain
root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is
spawned by the kernel
- - CAN-2003-0364: The TCP/IP fragment reassembly handling in the Linux
kernel 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU
consumption) via certain packets that cause a large number of hash
table collisions
- - CAN-2002-1380: Linux kernel 2.2.x allows local users to cause a
denial of service (crash) by using the mmap() function with a
PROT_READ parameter to access non-readable memory pages through the
/proc/pid/mem interface.
This advisory provides updated 2.2.20 kernel source, and binary kernel
images for the i386 architecture. Other architectures and kernel
versions will be covered by separate advisories.
For the stable distribution (woody) on the powerpc architecture, these
problems have been fixed in kernel-source-2.2.20 version
2.2.20-5woody2 and kernel-image-i386 version 2.2.20-5woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in
kernel-source-2.2.25 and kernel-image-2.2.25-i386 version 2.2.25-2.
We recommend that you update your kernel packages.
NOTE: A system reboot will be required immediately after the upgrade
in order to replace the running kernel. Remember to read carefully
and follow the instructions given during the kernel upgrade process.
NOTE: These kernels are not binary-compatible with the previous
version. Any loadable modules will need to be recompiled in order to
work with the new kernel.
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
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 661 d3215fce4f216c046cccff92446e7918
Size/MD5 checksum: 159446 a579fda249086961d987de8781049f78
Size/MD5 checksum: 19394649 57c0edf86cb23a5b215db9121c9b3557
Size/MD5 checksum: 834 fa03ee805dd5024d730f49e0316dbf53
Size/MD5 checksum: 13928 0ccb61809634f83fd20de3079deb297c
Architecture independent components:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1162314 d3f23563af939c6d1f68860ce0419744
Size/MD5 checksum: 15848472 0682fd4283579c341fa9ca27461cbad0
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1918624 d1d1f98e147fdf12a7374ff705ba89a7
Size/MD5 checksum: 1867132 93d8ac12f8a884913ad88aeeb7a8ea1b
Size/MD5 checksum: 1839328 e3fb8a95dd2a1ba641fd598a019879c0
Size/MD5 checksum: 5901626 3fa8bae1676466e02992a1ce80009697
Size/MD5 checksum: 1733362 5d5293e99f68cbabb1489226903f4895
Size/MD5 checksum: 1395212 70389d3561e392a5487b493d24e2abfe
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show
