A heap overrun exists in the man packages shipped with Red Hat Linux5.x, 6.x and 7.0.Since man is setgid man, users could gain gid man privileges. `

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                   Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Updated man package fixing security problems available
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2001:069-02
Issue date:        2001-05-13
Updated on:        2001-05-21
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          man setgid heap overflow
Cross references:  RHSA-2001:070
Obsoletes:         
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1. Topic:

A heap overrun exists in the man packages shipped with Red Hat Linux
5.x, 6.x and 7.0.
Since man is setgid man, users could gain gid man privileges.

Red Hat Linux 7.1 is not affected by this problem.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:



Red Hat Linux 5.2 - alpha, i386, sparc

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386

3. Problem description:

A buffer size was calculated incorrectly in man.c

4. Solution:

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

In particular, if you are running Red Hat Linux 5.x or 6.x, you need to
install the mktemp errata (RHSA-2001:070) before applying this update.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.  Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.  Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated.  Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains 
the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network.  Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates.  To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed  ( for more info):

40400 - man 1.5h1-10 has an exploitable overflow

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 5.2:

SRPMS: 

alpha: 

i386: 

sparc: 

Red Hat Linux 6.2:

SRPMS: 

alpha: 

i386: 

sparc: 

Red Hat Linux 7.0:

SRPMS: 

alpha: 

i386: 


7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
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 2b1c01c9490c9ee006566846a05b821a 5.2/en/os/SRPMS/man-1.5i-0.5x.1.src.rpm
00cea1dcef91591260a88dc61db73906 5.2/en/os/alpha/man-1.5i-0.5x.1.alpha.rpm
dc0a21f7dda3f05c8599842ffff01482 5.2/en/os/i386/man-1.5i-0.5x.1.i386.rpm
75deb2a4464b3f50c930ef7d446edfe2 5.2/en/os/sparc/man-1.5i-0.5x.1.sparc.rpm
3ecc37d89a50cce2fa11851efc553569 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/man-1.5i-0.6x.1.src.rpm
a13e86df8c929f337eb7eb12741fb9d8 6.2/en/os/alpha/man-1.5i-0.6x.1.alpha.rpm
f132f39491c84f14d6f4d9120d1be777 6.2/en/os/i386/man-1.5i-0.6x.1.i386.rpm
d1f322960a60560c45519600caa0f801 6.2/en/os/sparc/man-1.5i-0.6x.1.sparc.rpm
539ecb24566c3c4994379f8114fd58a0 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/man-1.5i-4.src.rpm
5fa9f106dbe9eadc2c148f11d6a15c7c 7.0/en/os/alpha/man-1.5i-4.alpha.rpm
1f99c169b03c1a59c038d77481a6710d 7.0/en/os/i386/man-1.5i-4.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security.  Our key
is available at:
     
You can verify each package with the following command:
    rpm --checksig  

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
    rpm --checksig --nogpg 

8. References:




Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc.

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