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security advisorysecurity issuebug fixRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2013:1652-02 Low Coreutils Security Update
Updated coreutils packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: coreutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1652-02 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1652.html Issue date: 2013-11-21 CVE Names: CVE-2013-0221 CVE-2013-0222 CVE-2013-0223 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated coreutils packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The coreutils package contains the core GNU utilities. It is a combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. It was discovered that the sort, uniq, and join utilities did not properly restrict the use of the alloca() function. An attacker could use this flaw to crash those utilities by providing long input strings. (CVE-2013-0221, CVE-2013-0222, CVE-2013-0223) These updated coreutils packages include numerous bug fixes and two enhancements. Spaceprecludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Technical Notes, linked to in the References, for information on the most significant of these changes. All coreutils users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. 4. 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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 747592 - segfault message supressed with su -c 816708 - id and groups commands sometimes lie 827199 - [RHEL6] tail -f doesn't work on panasas file systems 836557 - du gives bogus warning if named service is running 842040 - df -P gives new lines when where ' ' is in any of the /proc/mounts fields. 903464 - CVE-2013-0221 coreutils: segfault in "sort -d" and "sort -M" with long line input 903465 - CVE-2013-0222 coreutils: segfault in uniq with long line input 903466 - CVE-2013-0223 coreutils: segfault in "join -i" with long line input 908980 - Provide the conv=sparse option in dd 965654 - dd option status=noxfer is ignored 980061 - mv: fails to overwrite directory on cross-filesystem copy with EISDIR 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: i386: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6): Source: x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v.6): Source: i386: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm ppc64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm s390x: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: i386: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.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 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0221 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0222 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0223 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/coreutils.html#RHSA-2013-1652 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFSjY6DXlSAg2UNWIIRAntkAJ0UHjNH8AA2aKtwutmx9W1sGqh5qgCeJYGT dxaKnzL0+uGcNc+0OOcfXxY=lg0c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list
Nov 21, 2013
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security advisorybug fixRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2013:1652-02 Low: Coreutils Issues
Updated coreutils packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low [More...]. ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: coreutils security, bug fix, and enhancement update Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1652-02 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1652.html Issue date: 2013-11-21 CVE Names: CVE-2013-0221 CVE-2013-0222 CVE-2013-0223 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated coreutils packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The coreutils package contains the core GNU utilities. It is a combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. It was discovered that the sort, uniq, and join utilities did not properly restrict the use of the alloca() function. An attacker could use this flaw to crash those utilities by providing long input strings. (CVE-2013-0221, CVE-2013-0222, CVE-2013-0223) These updated coreutils packages include numerous bug fixes and two enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5Technical Notes, linked to in the References, for information on the most significant of these changes. All coreutils users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. 4. 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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 747592 - segfault message supressed with su -c 816708 - id and groups commands sometimes lie 827199 - [RHEL6] tail -f doesn't work on panasas file systems 836557 - du gives bogus warning if named service is running 842040 - df -P gives new lines when where '\n' is in any of the /proc/mounts fields. 903464 - CVE-2013-0221 coreutils: segfault in "sort -d" and "sort -M" with long line input 903465 - CVE-2013-0222 coreutils: segfault in uniq with long line input 903466 - CVE-2013-0223 coreutils: segfault in "join -i" with long line input 908980 - Provide the conv=sparse option in dd 965654 - dd option status=noxfer is ignored 980061 - mv: fails to overwrite directory on cross-filesystem copy with EISDIR 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6): Source: i386: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6): Source: x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v.6): Source: i386: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm ppc64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.ppc64.rpm s390x: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.s390x.rpm x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6): Source: i386: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: coreutils-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.rpm coreutils-libs-8.4-31.el6.x86_64.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 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0221 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0222 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0223 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/coreutils.html#RHSA-2013-1652 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc. . Refined coreutils components to rectify security vulnerabilities and issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, assessed as low impact.. Coreutils Updates, Red Hat Advisory, Security Fixes. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 20, 2013
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