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Debian 2.1: Security Advisory on Majordomo Local Exploit Risk

Any local user can trick majordomo into executing arbitrary code or to create or write files as the majordomo user anywhere on the filesystem.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman June 3, 2000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : majordomo Problem type : local exploit Debian-specific: no The majordomo package as shipped in the non-free section accompanying Debian GNU/Linux 2.1/slink allows any local user to trick majordomo into executing arbitrary code or to create or write files as the majordomo user anywhere on the filesystem. This is a documented issue and the advised work around it to either have no untrusted users on a system running majordomo or to use a setuid wrapper that the MTA delivery agent can run. suboptimal solution. We feel that those options are not a good solution, but unfortunately the majordomo license does not allow us to fix these problems and distribute a fixed version. As a result we have decided to remove majordomo from our archives. If you are using majordomo we recommend that you replace it with one of the many other mailing-list tools available such as fml, mailman or smartlist. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable updates For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBOTlZ/6jZR/ntlUftAQFQ6QL/XyB4EprpjY4D2eusMd9PR+UKKh0jI7Zi IMWf0Avik9wN6HWba64kODvePxKChnh7z2jvG3hz8CIZr6siYsTuFWtu2UkVhdZj THnYqB87Sqp7XIdO46R7qjnLU0KibPqQ =w/uo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . Individuals with physical access can exploit majordomo on Debian 2.1 to execute unapproved scripts and alter file permissions..Debian, Majordomo Exploit, Local Attack, Execute Code, Mailing List Tools. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 Jun 03, 2000 Critical Debian
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Red Hat Powertools 6.1 RHSA-2000:005-05 Critical: Majordomo Exec Threat

A vulnerability in resend and wrapper will allow execution of arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.. ` --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: New majordomo packages available Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:005-05 Issue date: 2000-01-20 Updated on: 2000-05-31 Product: Red Hat Powertools Keywords: majordomo Cross references: N/A --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: New majordomo packages are available to fix local security problems in majordomo. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - i386 alpha sparc 3. Problem description: A vulnerability in /usr/lib/majordomo/resend and /usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper will allow execution of arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. It is recommended that all users of Red Hat Linux using the majordomo package upgrade to the fixed package, which will resolve the vulnerability in /usr/lib/majordomo/resend. To secure /usr/lib/majodomo/wrapper, please read the solution section below. Once an official patch has been released by the majordomo maintainers, we will release an updated package which will fix both vulnerabilities. 4. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filename] where filename is the name of the RPM. Once the package is installed, become "root" and execute this command: chmod o-x /usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper 5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info): N/A 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Powertools 6.1: intel: alpha: sparc: sources: 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad994a1742d90a593b8ecfbf52634cd7 6.1/SRPMS/majordomo-1.94.5-2.src.rpm 8c829a13c2229060c899ffdc7e7db38c 6.1/alpha/majordomo-1.94.5-2.alpha.rpm f0e22f364abcbe4c217f2b8eb180037d 6.1/i386/majordomo-1.94.5-2.i386.rpm 89e327c6c92acc97db34e541f34c0c67 6.1/sparc/majordomo-1.94.5-2.sparc.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: Thanks to Brock Tellier at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for noting the vulnerability in resend, to Shevek at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Olaf Kirch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for noting the vulnerability in the wrapper. `. Critical elevate privilege issues within Majordomo have been resolved through updated packages, essential for protection.. Majordomo Security, Red Hat Update, Privilege Escalation, Powertools Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar 2 May 31, 2000 Critical Red Hat
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