Security fix for CVE-2017-5357. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-f87674ad41 2017-01-20 14:15:21.263730 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : ed Product : Fedora 25 Version : 1.14.1 Release : 1.fc25 URL : Summary : The GNU line editor Description : Ed is a line-oriented text editor, used to create, display, and modify text files (both interactively and via shell scripts). For most purposes, ed has been replaced in normal usage by full-screen editors(emacs and vi, for example). Ed was the original UNIX editor, and may be used by some programs. In general, however, you probably don't need to install it and you probably won't use it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Security fix for CVE-2017-5357 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1413901 - CVE-2017-5357 ed: Invalid free in regex.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413901 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade ed' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
The ed editor used files in /tmp in an insecure fashion.. ` --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: New ed packages available Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:123-01 Issue date: 2000-12-06 Updated on: 2000-12-06 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: ed mktemp mkstemp /tmp Cross references: N/A --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: The ed editor used files in /tmp in an insecure fashion. It was possible for local users to exploit this vulnerability to modify files that they normally could not and gain elevated privilege. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 5.2 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Linux 6.0 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Linux 6.1 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386, alpha 3. Problem description: The ed executable creates files in /tmp with predictable names. By using various symlink attacks, it is possible to have ed write to files it should not, change the permissions of various files, etc. 4. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filename] where filename is the name of the RPM. 5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info): 21470 - ed uses mktemp + fopen for scratch files 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 5.2: alpha: sparc: i386: sources: Red Hat Linux 6.0: sparc: i386: alpha: sources: Red Hat Linux 6.1: alpha: sparc: i386: sources: Red Hat Linux 6.2: alpha: sparc: i386: sources: Red Hat Linux 7.0: alpha: i386: sources: 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- e87aafb1feef31ab80d5a55313cf76b4 5.2/SRPMS/ed-0.2-19.5x.src.rpm c2ff59030a1d2c9cdf7040facda48a0b 5.2/alpha/ed-0.2-19.5x.alpha.rpm 86a43f6d2b10c284f36c5d9776a56789 5.2/i386/ed-0.2-19.5x.i386.rpm b7ac2a44c3ea17f78d5313a3113f98c3 5.2/sparc/ed-0.2-19.5x.sparc.rpm e80cdbeebc4cf4d7a8b8765b02540c2e 6.0/SRPMS/ed-0.2-19.6x.src.rpm 779b42a553a66a3cf422ffe8e87bb2fb 6.0/alpha/ed-0.2-19.6x.alpha.rpm 7c584e3600331b81e8caa2422722ccae 6.0/i386/ed-0.2-19.6x.i386.rpm 007fc8f22b6cc144b3b2703744da8483 6.0/sparc/ed-0.2-19.6x.sparc.rpm e80cdbeebc4cf4d7a8b8765b02540c2e 6.1/SRPMS/ed-0.2-19.6x.src.rpm 779b42a553a66a3cf422ffe8e87bb2fb 6.1/alpha/ed-0.2-19.6x.alpha.rpm 7c584e3600331b81e8caa2422722ccae 6.1/i386/ed-0.2-19.6x.i386.rpm 007fc8f22b6cc144b3b2703744da8483 6.1/sparc/ed-0.2-19.6x.sparc.rpm e80cdbeebc4cf4d7a8b8765b02540c2e 6.2/SRPMS/ed-0.2-19.6x.src.rpm 779b42a553a66a3cf422ffe8e87bb2fb 6.2/alpha/ed-0.2-19.6x.alpha.rpm 7c584e3600331b81e8caa2422722ccae 6.2/i386/ed-0.2-19.6x.i386.rpm 007fc8f22b6cc144b3b2703744da8483 6.2/sparc/ed-0.2-19.6x.sparc.rpm f619f60ddcbeedc016b434e172b9bddb 7.0/SRPMS/ed-0.2-19.src.rpm f511af62ec15ef65dd1104683e7d39db 7.0/alpha/ed-0.2-19.alpha.rpm 6186b80b1deba06a1d3d99e30e2270d0 7.0/i386/ed-0.2-19.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: N/A Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc. `. Oracle has released a notification regarding vulnerabilities in the vim text editor related to mishandling of session data, strongly recommending users to upgrade their versions.. ed Editor Security, Red Hat Advisory, File Insecurity. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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