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                        SUSE Security Summary Report

        Announcement ID:        SUSE-SR:2008:025
        Date:                   Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:00:00 +0000
        Cross-References:       CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2007-6716
                                CVE-2008-1673, CVE-2008-2812, CVE-2008-2931
                                CVE-2008-3272, CVE-2008-3525, CVE-2008-3527
                                CVE-2008-3528, CVE-2008-3651, CVE-2008-3652
                                CVE-2008-3833, CVE-2008-3873, CVE-2008-3963
                                CVE-2008-4097, CVE-2008-4098, CVE-2008-4210
                                CVE-2008-4302, CVE-2008-4401, CVE-2008-4503
                                CVE-2008-4546, CVE-2008-4576

    Content of this advisory:
        1) Solved Security Vulnerabilities:
            - apache2
            - ipsec-tools
            - kernel-bigsmp
            - flash-player
            - mysql
            - ktorrent
        2) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
            none
        3) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

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1) Solved Security Vulnerabilities

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   more severe vulnerabilities.

   Fixed packages for the following incidents are already available on our FTP
   server and via the YaST Online Update.

   - apache2
     The security update of apache2 released at 2008/11/05 packages its modules
     differently (/usr/lib/apache2-prefork vs. /usr/lib/apache2-worker). This
     can, in seldom cases, cause a services (like iPrint) stop working if it
     expects the modules in a special directory.
     New packages will be released as soon as possible.

   - ipsec-tools
     Remote attackers could exploit memory leaks in the 'racoon' daemon
     to crash it (CVE-2008-3651, CVE-2008-3652)
     Affected products: all

   - kernel-bigsmp
     This kernel update fixes various bugs and also several security issues:
       CVE-2008-4576: Fixed a crash in SCTP INIT-ACK, on mismatch between SCTP
     AUTH availability. This might be exploited remotely for a denial of
     service (crash) attack.
       CVE-2008-3833: The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c
     in the Linux kernel does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits
     when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the
     privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or
     possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in
     order to create an executable file in a setgid directory.
       CVE-2008-4210: fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not
     properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file,
     which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and
     obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact,
     by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1)
     truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O.
       CVE-2008-4302: fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux
     kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the
     add_to_page_cache_lru function, and subsequently attempts to unlock a page
     that was not locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service
     (kernel BUG and system crash), as demonstrated by the fio I/O tool.
       CVE-2008-3528: The ext[234] filesystem code fails to properly handle
     corrupted data structures. With a mounted filesystem image or partition
     that have corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks, a user performing
     either a read or write operation on the mounted image or partition can
     lead to a possible denial of service by spamming the logfile.
       CVE-2007-6716: fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel
     did not properly zero out the dio struct, which allows local users to
     cause a denial of service (OOPS), as demonstrated by a certain fio test.
       CVE-2008-3525: Added missing capability checks in sbni_ioctl().
       CVE-2008-3272: Fixed range checking in the snd_seq OSS ioctl, which
     could be used to leak information from the kernel.
       CVE-2008-2931: The do_change_type function in fs/namespace.c did not
     verify that the caller has the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, which allows
     local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by modifying
     the properties of a mountpoint.
       CVE-2008-2812: Various NULL ptr checks have been added to tty op
     functions, which might have been used by local attackers to execute
     code. We think that this affects only devices openable by root, so the
     impact is limited.
       CVE-2008-1673: Added range checking in ASN.1 handling for the CIFS and
     SNMP NAT netfilter modules.
       CVE-2008-3527: arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared
     Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 did not
     properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges
     or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the
     install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.
     Affected products: openSUSE 10.2

   - flash-player
     This update of flash-player fixes several critical security vulner-
     abilities that couls lead to remote system compromise.
     (CVE-2007-6243, CVE-2008-3873, CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2008-4401,
     CVE-2008-4503, CVE-2008-4546)
     Affected products: openSUSE 10.2-11.0, Novell Linux Desktop 9,
     SLED 10 SP1 and SP2

   - mysql
     Empty bit-strings in a query could crash the MySQL server (CVE-2008-3963).
     Due to another flaw users could access tables of other users (CVE-2008-
     4097, CVE-2008-4098).
     Affected products: all (so far only released for SLES10, others will
     follow)

   - ktorrent
     This update of ktorrent fixes several security issues.
     Affected products: openSUSE 10.3-11.0

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2) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds

   none
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      gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team "

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