SuSE Linux Security Alert: Serious Risk of Remote Access Vulnerability

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                        SuSE Security Announcement

        Package:  nkitb < 2000.7.11-0
        Date:     Fri Jul 14 14:38:37 CEST 2000

        Affected SuSE versions: 6.1-6.4
        Vulnerability Type:     (possible) remote root compromise
        SuSE default package:   yes
        Other affected systems: all linux systems using this package
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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update it as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using
this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).

Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as
well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue.

Please note that we provide this information on an "as-is" basis only.
There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or
incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of
the update package.
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1. Problem Description

  The standard ftp server does directly pass untrusted data from a
  DNS server to the setproctitle() function in a unsecure manner.

2. Impact

  It may be possible for an attacker to modify his/her DNS record
  to execute abitrary machine code as root while connecting to
  the standard ftp daemon.

3. Solution

  Update the package from our FTP server.
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Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before installing:
(For SuSE 6.0, please use the 6.1 updates)

AXP:
77ee118ac0790b775c08cecf28b3f5c3    
5eac90efb3c82a948b7843a8d29b1c65    

i386:
c85b8c047395f87a61fe7ef1938facd6    /6.1/a1/nkitb-2000.7.11-0.i386.rpm
9fec7f48504f7c4134ac1ae78ee99060    /6.2/a1/nkitb-2000.7.11-0.i386.rpm
34540a50d4a562b02fbb4bc56f23e1b6    
118075b7fc295be86b3659bf9b3fa778    /6.4/a1/nkitb-2000.7.11-0.i386.rpm

PPC:
9ab22ed85cf0efb875c0c4f8fc878c3d    
61608e1f8e8bd4f20d9f47bea6a70740    

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You can find updates on our ftp-Server:

     for Intel processors      for Alpha processors
or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:
   SUSE – Open-Source-Lösungen für Enterprise Server und Cloud | SUSE
    

Our webpage for patches:
   SUSE – Open-Source-Lösungen für Enterprise Server und Cloud | SUSE

Our webpage for security announcements:
   SUSE – Open-Source-Lösungen für Enterprise Server und Cloud | SUSE

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact
  security@suse.de
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  This information is provided freely to everyone interested and may
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