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The binaries don't drop privileges before executing a command, allowing an attacker to gain access to the local group games.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 430-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze January 28th, 2004 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : trr19 Vulnerability : missing privilege release Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0047 Steve Kemp discovered a problem in trr19, a type trainer application for GNU Emacs, which is written as a pair of setgid() binaries and wrapper programs which execute commands for GNU Emacs. However, the binaries don't drop privileges before executing a command, allowing an attacker to gain access to the local group games. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0beta5-15woody1. The mipsel binary will be added later. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your trr19 package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 579 ef536f27bf538edc75bcc4a815f90cef Size/MD5 checksum: 6042 4715d96b763e25a08a9884108e5d5199 Size/MD5 checksum: 73636 72716b40338afe9e375c78738bb8a299 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 75648 857fdaaaed024174255c3feb7e917fc6 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 74618 bd883afc8db992aa1cb1308c832d58e8 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 75032 daa5213df6e8ed2b0eddb865b5b3aed4 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 76514 3f77d3971bade37e405c0179743f6475 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 75304 f76e14612d1d899ffee59b4620e032f2 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 74984 5147a5fa1557f0f87b839c197f79cb1d Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 74790 413cc56a3563299eae4cb05f3314d981 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 74746 745ef750e98a4746e928833d724e005e IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 75434 da8efd5d8c74b16f1d0873219ec4d193 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 78932 02ee65da931254b1bd10b6358013b222 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Debian DSA 430-1 addresses local access issue in trr19, impacting group access and requiring immediate update.. Debian Security Advisory,trr19 privilege release,local access vulnerability,software update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 28, 2004
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