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Red Hat: RHSA-2010:0321-04 Low Severity: Automake Local Access Risk

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Automake distributions for Red Hat 5 have been refreshed to address a minor security concern. Detailed information regarding the crucial fixes is available for review.
Updated automake, automake14, automake15, automake16, and automake17 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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

Summary

Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards.
Automake-generated Makefiles made certain directories world-writable when preparing source archives, as was recommended by the GNU Coding Standards. If a malicious, local user could access the directory where a victim was creating distribution archives, they could use this flaw to modify the files being added to those archives. Makefiles generated by these updated automake packages no longer make distribution directories world-writable, as recommended by the updated GNU Coding Standards. (CVE-2009-4029)
Note: This issue affected Makefile targets used by developers to prepare distribution source archives. Those targets are not used when compiling programs from the source code.
All users of automake, automake14, automake15, automake16, and automake17 should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update security fix low severity local access issue automake

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4029 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low

Package List

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
noarch: automake-1.9.6-2.3.el5.noarch.rpm automake14-1.4p6-13.el5.1.noarch.rpm automake15-1.5-16.el5.2.noarch.rpm automake16-1.6.3-8.el5.1.noarch.rpm automake17-1.7.9-7.el5.2.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
noarch: automake-1.9.6-2.3.el5.noarch.rpm automake14-1.4p6-13.el5.1.noarch.rpm automake15-1.5-16.el5.2.noarch.rpm automake16-1.6.3-8.el5.1.noarch.rpm automake17-1.7.9-7.el5.2.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0321-04
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0321.html
Issue date: 2010-03-30

Topic

Updated automake, automake14, automake15, automake16, and automake17packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having lowsecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update security fix low severity local access issue automake

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

542609 - CVE-2009-4029 Automake: Race condition by creation of "distdir" based directory hierarchy

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