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Slackware alert SSA:2003-237-01 (infozip)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] unzip vulnerability patched (SSA:2003-237-01) Upgraded infozip packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a security issue where a specially crafted archive may overwrite files (including system files anywhere on the filesystem) upon extraction by a user with sufficient permissions. For more information, see: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7550 http://lwn.net/Articles/38540/ http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/12004 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0282 Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Mon Aug 25 15:35:28 PDT 2003 patches/packages/infozip-5.50-i486-2.tgz: Fixed a bug where a specially crafted archive might try to write to ../ or ../../, etc, potentially overwriting system files if the user (such as root) has permissions to overwrite them. Thanks to jelmer for locating this problem, and Ben Laurie for providing a patch. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/infozip-5.50-i386-2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/infozip-5.50-i486-2.tgz MD5 SIGNATURES: +-------------+ Slackware 9.0 package: d262ae0564f475b39e2ccf20fe1dfc41 infozip-5.50-i386-2.tgz Slackware -current package: 8c4b4fc48e145a71e962cd7f99be8a5b infozip-5.50-i486-2.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: +------------------------+ Upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): upgradepkg infozip-5.50-i386-2.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | HOW TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back. Follow the instructions to | | complete the unsubscription. Do not reply to this message to | | unsubscribe! | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/SpEiakRjwEAQIjMRAmXUAJkBVx8yYSRth0DpFPM89PrxTxDMGgCdHDRL tFzFHS6BR5BLPCyuL372C+Q= =Kv9k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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