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security advisorymoderateupdateSUSE: 2004-003 Moderate: Local System Compromise in Kernel
The do_mremap() function of the Linux Kernel is used to manage The do_mremap() function of the Linux Kernel is used to manage (move, resize) Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs). By exploiting an incorrect (move, resize) Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs). By exploiting an incorrect bounds check in do_mremap() during the remapping of memory it is possible to create a VMA with the size of 0. In normal opera [More...]. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: Linux Kernel (x86_64, AMD64) Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2004:003 Date: Monday, Jan 15th 2004 14:17 MET Affected products: 9.0 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, Vulnerability Type: local system compromise Severity (1-10): 6 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - incorrect bounds checking in mremap() - inproper CPU register access check in 32bit ptrace() problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - ethereal - mc - mod_gzip - tripwire - cvs - gnome-filesystem - XDM (XFree86, xf86) - 3ddiag - mod_auth_shadow 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information The do_mremap() function of the Linux Kernel is used to manage (move, resize) Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs). By exploiting an incorrect bounds check in do_mremap() during the remapping of memory it is possible to create a VMA with the size of 0. In normal operationdo_mremap() leaves a memory hole of one page and creates an additional VMA of two pages. In case of exploitation no hole is created but the new VMA has a 0 bytes length. The Linux Kernel's memory management is corrupted from this point and can be abused by local users to gain root privileges. Additionally Andi Kleen of SUSE LINUX found and fixed another bug in the 32bit emulation of ptrace() which allows to modify CPU registers from user-space to get full access to system ressources. There is no temporary workaround for this bug. Please reboot your system to run the new kernel. AMD64 Platform: SuSE-9.0: 4896825f6399bebc80073dbbd74432cd source rpm(s): e9afc5cbb5fc1dddb53e179a52d45f0a 8b7667ac6baf4aebd4961274cbdaa84e source rpm(s): ffc25e3c1b9a4ed4e5182ff5cbdd5c18 9422ec31eb76d26a1dfaca8fb8542907 source rpm(s): 8acc26621600cc7411f964656c435389 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilities in SUSE Distributions and Workarounds: - ethereal Two remotely exploitable denial-of-service attacks were found in the network analyzer ethereal. New packages are available on our FTP servers. - mc By using a special combination of links in archive-files it is possible to execute arbitrary commands while mc tries to open it in its VFS. The packages will be released soon. - mod_gzip (apache-contrib) The apache module mod_gzip is vulnerable to remote code execution while running in debug-mode. We do not ship this module in debug-mode but future versions will include the fix. Additionally the mod_gzip code was audited to fix more possible security related bugs. After more testing a new apache-contrib RPM package will be released. - tripwire Tripwire is a file integrity checker. The tripwire version on SuSE Linux 8.2 and 9.0 do crash when a requested file does not exists. New packages will be available soon. - cvs The cvs server-side can be tricked to create files in the root filesystem of the server by requesting malformed modules. The permissions on the root filesystem normally prevent this malfunction. Additionally the package will include a fix for a format-string bug. New packages are available on our FTP servers. - gnome-filesystem A script included in the gnome-filesystem package handles temporary files insecurely. This script is called by YaST2 with root privileges. The bug can be exploited locally to create or overwrite arbitrary files in the filesystem. The bug is fixed in our current source-tree since November 2003. New packages are available on our FTP servers. - XDM (XFree86, xf86) A missing check for failure conditions in the PAM code of XDM can lead to local root access in conjunction with Kerberos and alike. New packages will be released soon. - 3ddiag Some 3ddiag scripts handle temporary files in an insecure manner. Thanks to Stefan Nordhausen for reporting some of the issues. New packages will be available on our FTP servers soon. - mod_auth_shadow (apache-contrib) This apache module ignores account expiration dates. The update will be released together with mod_gzip. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information - Package authenticity verification: SUSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important to the free and open source software community, many users wish to be sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing the package. There are two verification methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or rpm package: 1) md5sums as provided in the(cryptographically signed) announcement. 2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package. 1) execute the command md5sum after you downloaded the file from a SUSE ftp server or its mirrors. Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums is cryptographically signed (usually using the key
Jan 15, 2004
SuSE
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security advisorymoderateupdateSUSE: 2004-001 Moderate: Linux Kernel Memory Compromise
The do_mremap() function of the Linux Kernel is used to manage The do_mremap() function of the Linux Kernel is used to manage (move, resize) Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs). By exploiting an incorrect (move, resize) Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs). By exploiting an incorrect bounds check in do_mremap() during the remapping of memory it is [More...]. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: Linux Kernel Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2004:001 Date: Monday, Jan 5th 2004 20:27 MET Affected products: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, SuSE Linux Database Server, SuSE eMail Server III, 3.1 SuSE Linux Firewall on CD/Admin host SuSE Linux Office Server SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0 SuSE Linux School Server Vulnerability Type: local system compromise Severity (1-10): 6 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - incorrect bounds checking problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - mc - mod_gzip - tripwire - cvs - irssi - atftp 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information The do_mremap() function of the Linux Kernel is used to manage (move, resize) Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs). By exploiting an incorrect bounds check indo_mremap() during the remapping of memory it is possible to create a VMA with the size of 0. In normal operation do_mremap() leaves a memory hole of one page and creates an additional VMA of two pages. In case of exploitation no hole is created but the new VMA has a 0 bytes length. The Linux Kernel's memory management is corrupted from this point and can be abused by local users to gain root privileges. There is no temporary workaround for this bug. Please note that on 8.1, the kernel-source package may not be installable through rpm, because of a bug in RPM (update of the kernel source RPM may take 30 minutes or more, or fail entirely). Owing to this problem, the kernel source is not available as a regular YOU update. However, recognizing our obligation to publish the source along with the binary packages, we are making the source available as a compressed tar archive, downloadable from the normal FTP locations SPECIAL INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: ============================= The following paragraphs will guide you through the installation process in a step-by-step fashion. The character sequence "****" marks the beginning of a new paragraph. In some cases, you decide if the paragraph is needed for you or not. Please read through all of the steps down to the end. All of the commands that need to be executed are required to be run as the superuser (root). Each step relies on the steps before to complete successfully. **** Step 1: Determine the needed kernel type Please use the following command to find the kernel type that is installed on your system: rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz The following options are possible (disregarding the version and build number following the name, separated by the "-" character): k_deflt # default kernel, good for most systems. k_i386 # kernel for older processors and chipsets k_athlon # kernel made specifically for AMD Athlon(tm) familyprocessors k_psmp # kernel for Pentium-I dual processor systems k_smp # kernel for SMP systems (Pentium-II and above) k_smp4G # kernel for SMP systems which supports a maximum of 4G of RAM **** Step 2: Download the package for your system Please download the kernel RPM package for your distribution with the name starting as indicated by Step 1. The list of all kernel rpm packages is appended below. Note: The kernel-source package does not contain any binary kernel in bootable form. Instead, it contains the sources that the binary kernel rpm packages are made from. It can be used by administrators who have decided to build their own kernel. Since the kernel-source.rpm is an installable (compiled) package that contains sources for the linux kernel, it is not the source RPM for the kernel RPM binary packages. The kernel RPM binary packages for the distributions can be found at these locations below . 8.0/images/ 8.1/rpm/i586 8.2/rpm/i586 9.0/rpm/i586 After downloading the kernel RPM package for your system, you should verify the authenticity of the kernel rpm package using the methods as listed in section 3) of each SUSE Security Announcement. **** Step 3: Installing your kernel rpm package Install the rpm package that you have downloaded in Steps 3 or 4 with the command rpm -Uhv --nodeps --force where is the name of the rpm package that you downloaded. Warning: After performing this step, your system will likely not be able to boot if the following steps have not been fully applied. If you run SUSE LINUX 8.1 and haven't applied the previous kernel update (SUSE-SA:2003:034), AND use the freeswan package, you also need to update the freeswan rpm as a dependency as offered by YOU (Yast Online Update). The package can be downloaded from **** Step 4: configuring and creating the initrd The initrd is a ramdisk that isbeing loaded into the memory of your system together with the kernel boot image by the bootloader. The kernel uses the content of this ramdisk to execute commands that must be run before the kernel can mount its actual root filesystem. It is usually used to initialize scsi drivers or NIC drivers for diskless operation. The variable INITRD_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/kernel determines which kernel modules will be loaded in the initrd before the kernel has mounted its actual root filesystem. The variable should contain your scsi adapter (if any) or filesystem driver modules. With the installation of the new kernel, the initrd has to be re-packed with the update kernel modules. Please run the command mk_initrd as root to create a new init ramdisk (initrd) for your system. On SuSE Linux 8.1 and later, this is done automatically when the RPM is installed. **** Step 5: bootloader If you have a 7.x system, you must now run the command lilo as root to initialize the lilo bootloader for your system. Then proceed to the next step. If you run a SUSE LINUX 8.x or a SLES8 system, there are two options: Depending on your software configuration, you have the lilo bootloader or the grub bootloader installed and initialized on your system. The grub bootloader does not require any further actions to be performed after the new kernel images have been moved in place by the rpm Update command. If you have a lilo bootloader installed and initialized, then the lilo program must be run as root. Use the command grep LOADER_TYPE /etc/sysconfig/bootloader to find out which boot loader is configured. If it is lilo, then you must run the lilo command as root. If grub is listed, then your system does not require any bootloader initialization. Warning: An improperly installed bootloader may render your system unbootable. **** Step 6: reboot If all of the steps above have beensuccessfully applied to your system, then the new kernel including the kernel modules and the initrd should be ready to boot. The system needs to be rebooted for the changes to become active. Please make sure that all steps are complete, then reboot using the command shutdown -r now or init 6 Your system should now shut down and reboot with the new kernel. Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages are being offered to install from the maintenance web. Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement. Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Fhv file.rpm" to apply the update. Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages are being offered to install from the maintenance web. Missing packages will be published later. Intel i386 Platform: SuSE-9.0: 0bbda4a9166edcdd4444fa43a5b37f10 source rpm(s): 3cce21862c2d54a82742c74557dcc7fa 9.0/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.21-166.i586.rpm 6df247b9f114e8636de2c673747ef6ea source rpm(s): 9.0/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-166.src.rpm c06a81d1e7912db429df25e8e8d754b7 9.0/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.21-166.i586.rpm 0da9470eb573ecb5c801bedbd5dbf666 source rpm(s): 34393ea6b46a8b8859d51020e1dc275e 0b0d23a4a6918e57a1e7c45504a50df7 source rpm(s): 9.0/rpm/src/k_smp4G-2.4.21-166.src.rpm 26cadc4c9d77dc6e433bedc458166236 7e18d9b0b89ef72bee40bbf150dd0470 source rpm(s): ad8c357792c0d34570c9ba54a579d867 48b46c943cc15aacfba0ec68090de1f6 source rpm(s): ef71c55f61b595edc24be7c318237432 SuSE-8.2: 61de636fab3149ee5d45d16dccf8d0e8 source rpm(s): 80b8f44b6f8f4d039b8954c709b457b0 c25b57bc5d67d87177abf7953f022331 source rpm(s): 29d014e79a3ee0b14a23cb0e4bdd0f0e d42041b08cdee2d9959a4a6dad8b6e9d source rpm(s): 8.2/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.20-102.src.rpm 22e598ebf546cd9378c852042b602f2f c2e0455b45eac55c97e13322ab40e4bc source rpm(s): 68b2d35ae0de009ac3fbc6ee9a0bb3fd 0f539af39523fd27232289014db36202 source rpm(s): 14c238bbbd7758abc2b4113a7297f2b5 SuSE-8.1: 8299b1153d3d9d81236e4e77f3ae66e2 source rpm(s): 8.1/rpm/src/k_athlon-2.4.21-168.src.rpm 0705e6bb739aaec77bc9801760e60051 fea1ffe95acdbc5c00d3272b3867bd39 source rpm(s): aeff9339c71c275fd3c7e9ebcf49cc4f 8.1/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.21-168.i586.rpm f4e41bdd0806673d82dc0971e36da0e1 source rpm(s): f352afbf4c6d679fd4bf40347bd7989c 8.1/rpm/i586/k_debug-2.4.21-168.i586.rpm 81e9a2516e7b9a8d0234f2d6ee9e4444 source rpm(s): 8b6c8e51c93c9dcbf5d34587de722a4a 9961f14d44c40a83be800ad463e17e51 source rpm(s): f3caa2e715d24a2987408e29e0623737 SuSE-8.0: 62ae55de1c6abbe821b99165cbccdce7 source rpm(s): c65eadb1dd7225463f7a29979ab43dd8 7fdec3995171a6d88f293c10c41e6991 source rpm(s): 08a2cba4382f4bb8adfc5cb8f80677d1 955386318df968aac6c66b6071eb466a source rpm(s): fe87f59c3e818fbb9eedcb211f9d0bf4 249a3cd1dcc1edaabf00d72874ba4aa2 source rpm(s): 7e5cbc3af87fdedbd8b6dc829e038d63 bd80346beef2e459009584065fccc7eb source rpm(s): 8.0/zq1/k_i386-2.4.18-282.src.rpm ce704a3481d8b84f9fdd0b83784e74a6 Opteron x86_64 Platform: SuSE-9.0: 3dd54a4105bad6c4f3084e70aaa45410 source rpm(s): d88ca0142409a98a7e4e9f4f7b2e9bf8 b97e9d91ef710b0b801536294d99ba1a source rpm(s): 6221b0f5893499f5926c9dd529fceb5c 1a27668dff4ae3c405f18399432a326e source rpm(s): 301e1d8ac232d3a000f373a928deee5f ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilitiesin SUSE Distributions and Workarounds: - mc By using a special combination of links in archive-files it is possible to execute arbitrary commands while mc tries to open it in its VFS. The packages will be release as soon. - mod_gzip The apache module mod_gzip is vulnerable to remote code execution while running in debug-mode. We do not ship this module in debug-mode but future versions will include the fix. Additionally the mod_gzip code was audited to fix more possible security related bugs. - tripwire Tripwire is a file integrity checker. The tripwire version on SuSE Linux 8.2 and 9.0 do crash when a requested file does not exists. New packages will be available soon. - cvs The cvs server-side can be tricked to create files in the root filesystem of the server by requesting malformed modules. The permissions on the root filesystem normally prevent this malfunction. New packages will be available soon. - irssi Under special circumstances the the irc-client irssi can be crashed remotely by other irc-clients. New packages are available on our FTP servers. - atftp A buffer overflow vulnerability discovered by Rick Patel has been fixed in the atftpd (trivial file transfer protocol, UDP oriented) daemon, contained in the atftp package. Update packages for the affected SUSE Linux distributions 8.1 and 8.2 have been published on our ftp server today. We explicitly thank Dirk Mueller, KDE developer, for notifying SUSE Security about the pending treatment of this incident. New packages are available on our FTP servers. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information - Package authenticity verification: SUSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important to the free and opensource software community, many users wish to be sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing the package. There are two verification methods that can be used independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded file or rpm package: 1) md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed) announcement. 2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package. 1) execute the command md5sum after you downloaded the file from a SUSE ftp server or its mirrors. Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums is cryptographically signed (usually using the key
Jan 05, 2004
SuSE
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