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Trustix alert TSLSA-2005-0043 (kernel)

From:  Trustix Security Advisor <tsl@trustix.org>
To:  tsl-announce@lists.trustix.org
Subject:  TSLSA-2005-0043 - multi
Date:  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 18:49:51 +0200

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2005-0043 Package names: cups, kernel Summary: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: 2005-08-19 Affected versions: Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 Trustix Secure Linux 3.0 Trustix Operating System - Enterprise Server 2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package description: cups The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for UNIX(R) operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces. kernel The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your Trustix Secure Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc. Problem description: cups - SECURITY Fix: xpdf Temporary File Writing Denial of Service. When processing a PDF file, bounds checking was not correctly performed on some fields. This could cause the pdftops filter (running as user "lp") to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CAN-2005-2097 to this issue. kernel - SECURITY Fix: Error during attempt to join key management session can leave semaphore pinned (CAN-2005-2098) - Destruction of failed keyring oopses (CAN-2005-2099) - Update in-kernel zlib routines (CAN-2005-2458, CAN-2005-2459) Action: We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded. Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by this package, you may want to remove it from your system. Location: All Trustix Secure Linux updates are available from <URI:http://http.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/>> <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/>> About Trustix Secure Linux: Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to date from day one using swup, the automated software updater. Automatic updates: Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically installed using 'swup --upgrade'. Questions? Check out our mailing lists: <URI:http://www.trustix.org/support/>> Verification: This advisory along with all Trustix packages are signed with the TSL sign key. This key is available from: <URI:http://www.trustix.org/TSL-SIGN-KEY>> The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-2.2/>> and <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-3.0/>> or directly at <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0043/>> MD5sums of the packages: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 86c311222d6415b81a704d71e4de4c1c 3.0/rpms/cups-1.1.23-9tr.i586.rpm 5009ea671dafb6f29c7c1ef0e150212a 3.0/rpms/cups-devel-1.1.23-9tr.i586.rpm e8c600d7dd27adda99700c86531384ac 3.0/rpms/cups-libs-1.1.23-9tr.i586.rpm f75dd773b5a79457b9eceaa69f681e7e 3.0/rpms/cups-samba-1.1.23-9tr.i586.rpm 90c58fd786752af76b1106d43e77da32 3.0/rpms/kernel-2.6.12.6-1tr.i586.rpm c857377889fe2a751984bd8fa043ccc2 3.0/rpms/kernel-doc-2.6.12.6-1tr.i586.rpm 08e72c5764cbbafea16b9e8e2bf4512b 3.0/rpms/kernel-headers-2.6.12.6-1tr.i586.rpm b7024dd4610bdee27e2a2f81073e3a31 3.0/rpms/kernel-smp-2.6.12.6-1tr.i586.rpm ed99eefa73ea15f415297dede33d9639 3.0/rpms/kernel-smp-headers-2.6.12.6-1tr.i586.rpm 584305146de1a13abea5b97c4e8b3fb5 3.0/rpms/kernel-source-2.6.12.6-1tr.i586.rpm 076694cd848f58d328ae9d58c3d89f68 3.0/rpms/kernel-utils-2.6.12.6-1tr.i586.rpm 496b1a2161925d286c498d73042e919d 2.2/rpms/cups-1.1.23-4tr.i586.rpm f567d4a84b389a886c59ede64a9a45aa 2.2/rpms/cups-devel-1.1.23-4tr.i586.rpm 8e415a4c9fa114e1e8a4370e0e37497d 2.2/rpms/cups-libs-1.1.23-4tr.i586.rpm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trustix Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDFzBSi8CEzsK9IksRAsNlAJ9qSInBNyGS8h5W32yySSL4hZjpTACgkj+f q1LLRk9HoqaPEDhe27BsjEg= =vtYi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tsl-announce mailing list tsl-announce@lists.trustix.org http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-announce


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