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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:0497-01 Important: Sblim RPATH Local Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Vital sblim security patch for Red Hat platforms resolves RPATH vulnerability enabling local code execution. Discover further details.
Updated sblim packages that resolve a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. It was discovered that certain sblim librari...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

SBLIM stands for Standards-Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability. It consists of a set of standards-based, Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) modules that use the Common Information Model (CIM) standard to gather and provide systems management information, events, and methods to local or networked consumers via a CIM object services broker using the CMPI (Common Manageability Programming Interface) standard. This package provides a set of core providers and development tools for systems management applications.
It was discovered that certain sblim libraries had an RPATH (runtime library search path) set in the ELF (Executable and Linking Format) header. This RPATH pointed to a sub-directory of a world-writable, temporary directory. A local user could create a file with the same name as a library required by sblim (such as libc.so) and place it in the directory defined in the RPATH. This file could then execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running an application that used sblim (eg tog-pegasus). (CVE-2008-1951)
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated sblim packages, which resolve this issue.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1951 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: sblim-cmpi-base-1.5.4-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-base-devel-1.5.4-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-base-test-1.5.4-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-devel-1.0.4-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-fsvol-1.4.3-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-fsvol-devel-1.4.3-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-fsvol-test-1.4.3-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-network-1.3.7-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-network-devel-1.3.7-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-network-test-1.3.7-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-nfsv3-1.0.13-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-nfsv3-test-1.0.13-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-nfsv4-1.0.11-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-nfsv4-test-1.0.11-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-params-1.2.4-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-params-test-1.2.4-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-sysfs-1.1.8-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test-1.1.8-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-syslog-0.7.9-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-cmpi-syslog-test-0.7.9-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-debuginfo-1-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-gather-2.1.1-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-gather-devel-2.1.1-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-gather-provider-2.1.1-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm sblim-gather-test-2.1.1-13a.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0497-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0497.html
Issue date: 2008-06-24

Topic

Updated sblim packages that resolve a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat important local code execution sblim

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

447705 - CVE-2008-1951 sblim: libraries built with insecure RPATH

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