Red Hat: RHSA-2012:0451-01 Important: RPM Package Security Update
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April 3, 2012
Updated rpm packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extended Life Cycle Support; Red Hat...
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
Summary
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management
system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and
updating software packages.
Multiple flaws were found in the way RPM parsed package file headers. An
attacker could create a specially-crafted RPM package that, when its
package header was accessed, or during package signature verification,
could cause an application using the RPM library (such as the rpm command
line tool, or the yum and up2date package managers) to crash or,
potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-0060, CVE-2012-0061,
CVE-2012-0815)
Note: Although an RPM package can, by design, execute arbitrary code when
installed, this issue would allow a specially-crafted RPM package to
execute arbitrary code before its digital signature has been verified.
Package downloads from the Red Hat Network are protected by the use of a
secure HTTPS connection in addition to the RPM package signature checks.
All RPM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct these issues. All running applications linked
against the RPM library must be restarted for this update to take effect.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0060 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0061 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0815 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS):
Source:
rpm-4.2.3-36_nonptl.src.rpm
i386:
popt-1.8.2-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-build-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-debuginfo-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-devel-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-libs-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-python-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS):
Source:
rpm-4.2.3-36_nonptl.src.rpm
i386:
popt-1.8.2-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-build-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-debuginfo-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-devel-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-libs-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
rpm-python-4.2.3-36_nonptl.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS):
Source:
i386:
popt-1.9.1-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
rpm-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
rpm-build-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
rpm-devel-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
rpm-libs-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
rpm-python-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
popt-1.9.1-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
popt-1.9.1-36_nonptl.el4.ia64.rpm
rpm-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.ia64.rpm
rpm-build-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.ia64.rpm
rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.ia64.rpm
rpm-devel-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.ia64.rpm
rpm-libs-4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0451-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0451.html
Issue date: 2012-04-03
Topic
Updated rpm packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4Extended Life Cycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Long Life; andRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6, 6.0 and 6.1 Extended Update Support.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS) - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS) - i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server) - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.0) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6.0.z) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch
Bugs Fixed
744104 - CVE-2012-0815 rpm: incorrect handling of negated offsets in headerVerifyInfo()
744858 - CVE-2012-0060 rpm: insufficient validation of region tags
798585 - CVE-2012-0061 rpm: improper validation of header contents total size in headerLoad()
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