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Squid Security Update Advisory 2002:3

The Squid proxy server project has released Squid-2.4.STABLE7, which contains several security fixes. Some of the vulnerabilities are thought to be remotely exploitable. If you are running Squid, you should be looking to upgrade. Vendor alerts are listed in the vulnerability report as we get them.

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Security reports

Local artsd real time shell vulnerability

Olaf Kirch looks at a posted artsd exploit (implemented using artswrapper). A local attacker may use such an exploit to get a shell with realtime scheduling priority but no other privledge escalation.

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New vulnerabilities

bind buffer overflow vulnerability in DNS resolver libraries

Package(s):bind glibc CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0651 CAN-2002-0684
Created:July 8, 2002 Updated:October 1, 2003
Description: The BIND 4.9.8-OW2 patch and BIND 4.9.9 release (and thus 4.9.9-OW1) include fixes for a libc related vulnerability which does not affect Linux. Updates from the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) are available from here.

No release or branch of Openwall GNU/*/Linux (Owl) is known to be affected, due to Olaf Kirch's fixes for this problem getting into the GNU C library more than two years ago.

Unfortunatly that does not mean that Linux systems are not vulnerable. Similar code, without Olaf Firch's fixes, is in the glibc getnetbyXXX functions. These functions are described in the SuSE alert as " used by very few applications only, such as ifconfig and ifuser, which makes exploits less likely."

CERT Advisory: CA-2002-19 Buffer Overflow in Multiple DNS Resolver Libraries

CAN-2002-0651
CAN-2002-0684

Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:050 2002-08-13
Yellow Dog YDU-20020810-3 2002-08-10
Eridani ERISA-2002:035 2002-08-09
Red Hat RHSA-2002:133-13 2002-08-08
SCO Group CSSA-2002-034.0 2002-08-05
Yellow Dog YDU-20020801-2 2002-08-01
Eridani ERISA-2002:028 2002-07-25
Red Hat RHSA-2002:139-10 2002-07-22
EnGarde ESA-20020724-018 2002-07-24
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:043 2002-07-16
Trustix 2002-0061 2002-07-15
Gentoo glibc-20020713 2002-07-13
Conectiva CLA-2002:507 2002-07-11
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:026 2002-07-09
OpenPKG OpenPKG-SA-2002.006 2002-07-04

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nn remote code execution vulnerability

Package(s):nn CVE #(s):
Created:July 9, 2002 Updated:July 10, 2002
Description: A NNTP server may be used, maliciously, to remotely execute code through the nn client. Nn is a popular Unix newsreader. Versions prior to 6.6.3 are vulnerable.

The problem is fixed in nn 6.6.4 which is available here. For more information, see the security advisory.

Alerts: (No alerts in the database for this vulnerability)

Comments (none posted)

Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in Squid-2.4.STABLE7

Package(s):squid CVE #(s):
Created:July 8, 2002 Updated:November 15, 2002
Description: Here is the security advisory for the Squid proxy server reporting several vulnerabilities in versions up to and including 2.4.STABLE7. Several of the bugs are believed to allow remote code execution.

The security advisory lists the following changes:

  • Several bugfixes and cleanup of the Gopher client, both to correct some security issues and to make Squid properly render certain Gopher menus.
  • Security fixes in how Squid parses FTP directory listings into HTML
  • FTP data channels are now sanity checked to match the address of the requested FTP server. This to prevent theft or injection of data. See the new ftp_sanitycheck directive if this sanity check is not desired.
  • The MSNT auth helper has been updated to v2.0.3+fixes for buffer overflow security issues found in this helper.
  • A security issue in how Squid forwards proxy authentication credentials has been fixed
Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2002-046.0 2002-11-14
Eridani ERISA-2002:031 2002-07-26
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:044 2002-07-17
Trustix 2002-0062 2002-07-15
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:025 2002-07-09
Conectiva CLA-2002:506 2002-07-05

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Kernel vulnerabilities in CIPE, ICMP and netfilter.

Package(s):kernel 2.2 and 2.4 CVE #(s):
Created:July 9, 2002 Updated:July 9, 2002
Description: The three vulnerabilities are:
  • CIPE (VPN tunnel) implementation bug that allows a maliciously formed packet to crash the system.
  • ICMP implementation bug that allows remote disclosure of random memory only in kernels prior to 2.4.0-test6 and 2.2.18.
  • IRC connection tracking component of netfilter bug in Linux 2.4 kernels that can lead to unwanted ports being opened on the firewall.

Apparently these three vulnerabilities only impact users who use CIPE (VPN tunnel), kernels prior to 2.4.0-test6 or 2.2.18 or a firewall based on netfilter that uses IRC tracking. Since the kernel tends to be customized by each Linux Distributor, your distribution may or may not be vulnerable.

Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:041 2002-07-04

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Acrobat reader temporary files

Package(s):acroread CVE #(s):
Created:July 8, 2002 Updated:July 10, 2002
Description: There is a symlink attack vulnerability in Acrobat Reader 5.05. Acroread uses a file it creates with wide open permissions (mode 666) in /tmp; it also follows symlinks.

See the report of the bug in Acrobat Reader 5.05 for the details. The problem has also been reported in version 4.05.

Alerts:
Gentoo acroread-20020707 2002-07-07

Comments (none posted)

Updated vulnerabilities

Apache 'chunk handling' vulnerability

Package(s):apache CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0392
Created:June 19, 2002 Updated:July 3, 2002
Description: It is past time to upgrade your Apache servers. A worm which takes advantage of the this vulnerability has been sighted, and its source has been publicly posted.

An apache httpd bug related to chunked encoding presents a denial of service vulnerability. For some platforms, including both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux, it is also a potential remote exploit vulnerability. A "carefully crafted invalid request" may be used to trigger the bug. The problem is fixed in Apache 2.0.39 and 1.3.26, which may be downloaded from here.

For more information, see the advisories from CERT and the Apache Group.

This vulnerability has been widely publicized. Applying a patch from your vendor or upgrading to the latest version from the Apache Software Foundation is strongly encouraged. Avoid patches from other sources; at least one patch that does not address the full scope of the problem has been circulated.

Alerts:
Trustix 2002-0058 2002-06-26
Red Hat RHSA-2002:117-11 2002-06-26
Yellow Dog YDU-20020626-1 2002-06-26
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:039-2 2002-06-20
SCO Group CSSA-2002-029.0 2002-06-20
Debian DSA-133-1 2002-06-20
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:039 2002-06-20
Red Hat RHSA-2002:118-06 2002-06-20
Trustix 2002-0056 2002-06-19
Slackware sl-1024577820 2002-06-20
Red Hat RHSA-2002:103-13 2002-06-19
Eridani ERISA-2002:024 2002-06-19
Gentoo Apache-20020619 2002-06-19
Conectiva CLA-2002:498 2002-06-19
OpenPKG OpenPKG-SA-2002.004 2002-06-19
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:022 2002-06-18
Debian DSA-131-1 2002-06-19
Debian DSA-131-2 2002-06-19
Debian DSA-132-1 2002-06-19
EnGarde ESA-20020619-014 2002-06-19

Comments (none posted)

Heap corruption vulnerability in at

Package(s):at at, sudo, xchat CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0004
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:May 15, 2003
Description: The at command has a potentially exploitable heap corruption bug. (First LWN report:  January 17th).
Alerts:
EnGarde ESA-20030515-015 2003-05-15
Yellow Dog YDU-20020127-9 2002-01-27
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:003 2001-01-16
Slackware sl-1011706104 2002-01-22
Red Hat RHSA-2002:015-15 2002-02-07
Red Hat RHSA-2002:015-13 2002-01-22
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:007 2002-01-18
Debian DSA-102-2 2002-01-18
Debian DSA-102-1 2002-01-16

Comments (none posted)

Denial of service vulnerability in version 9 of BIND

Package(s):bind CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0400
Created:June 5, 2002 Updated:August 19, 2002
Description: Here is an advisory from the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) regarding the denial of service vulnerability in version 9 of the BIND nameserver, up to 9.2.1. An attacker can send a properly crafted packet which triggers a check within BIND and causes it to shut down. The vulnerability can not be exploited for any purpose beyond denial of service, but that is bad enough; if you are running BIND 9, an upgrade is probably a good idea.

Note that many or most systems out there will still be running BIND 8, and thus will not be vulnerable.

News articles on the vulnerability appear in the Register and Network World Fusion News.

Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:038-1 2002-08-15
Yellow Dog YDU-20020606-6 2002-06-06
Conectiva CLA-2002:494 2002-06-06
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:021 2002-06-06
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:038 2002-06-04
Red Hat RHSA-2002:105-09 2002-06-04

Comments (none posted)

Ethereal buffer overflow, infinite loop and memory management vulnerabilities

Package(s):ethereal CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0012 CAN-2002-0013 CAN-2002-0353 CAN-2002-0401 CAN-2002-0402 CAN-2002-0403 CAN-2002-0404
Created:June 12, 2002 Updated:October 27, 2002
Description: Ethereal 0.9.4 was released on May 19, 2002 fixing four potential security issues in Ethereal 0.9.3:
  • The SMB dissector could potentially dereference a NULL pointer in two cases.
  • The X11 dissector could potentially overflow a buffer while parsing keysyms.
  • The DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop while reading a malformed packet.
  • The GIOP dissector could potentially allocate large amounts of memory.

No known exploits exist "in the wild" at the present time for any of these issues.

Ethereal 0.9.2 has several packet handling vulnerabilities that are best avoided by upgrading to 0.9.4. The PROTOS test suite found some flaws in SNMP and LDAP protocols support. Malformed packets could also crash ethereal 0.9.2 due to a ASN.1 zero-length g_malloc problem. The zlib "double free" vulnerability was addressed by the updates for that bug from many distributors.
Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2002-037.0 2002-10-24
Conectiva CLA-2002:505 2002-07-04
Yellow Dog YDU-20020606-7 2002-06-06
Red Hat RHSA-2002:088-06 2002-06-04
Eridani ERISA-2002:023 2002-06-06

Comments (none posted)

GNU fileutils race condition

Package(s):fileutils ucdsnmp CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0435
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:May 16, 2003
Description: A race condition in rm may cause the root user to delete the whole filesystem. The problem exists in the version of rm in fileutils 4.1 stable and 4.1.6 development version. A patch is available. (First LWN report: May 2).
Alerts:
Immunix IMNX-2003-7+-010-01 2003-05-16
Red Hat RHSA-2003:015-05 2003-02-12
Trustix 2002-0052 2002-06-06
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:012 2002-04-08
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:031 2002-05-16
SCO Group CSSA-2002-018.1 2002-05-13

Comments (none posted)

Buffer overflow problem in glibc

Package(s):glibc glibc/shlibs, glibc, nscd CVE #(s):CAN-2001-0886
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:July 14, 2002
Description: The glibc filename globbing code has a buffer overflow problem. For those who are interested, Global InterSec LLC has provided a detailed description of this vulnerability. This problem was first reported by LWN on December 20th.
Alerts:
Trustix 2001-0029 2001-12-19
SuSE SuSE-SA:2001:046 2001-12-24
Slackware sl-1010856829 2002-01-12
Red Hat RHSA-2001:160-09 2001-12-14
Mandrake MDKSA-2001:095 2001-12-19
Mandrake MDKSA-2001:095-1 2002-01-08
Immunix IMNX-2001-70-037-01 2001-12-19
EnGarde ESA-20011217-01 2001-12-17
Debian DSA-103-1 2002-01-13
Conectiva CLA-2002:447 2002-01-03

Comments (2 posted)

Buffer overflow in groff

Package(s):groff CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0003
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:December 9, 2002
Description: The groff package has a buffer overflow vulnerability; if it is used with the print system, it is conceivably exploitable remotely.
Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2002-057.0 2002-12-06
Gentoo groff-20021019 2002-10-19
Yellow Dog YDU-20020127-11 2002-01-27
Trustix 2002-0020 2002-01-18
Red Hat RHSA-2002:004-06 2002-01-14
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:012 2002-02-07

Comments (none posted)

UW imapd remotely exploitable buffer overflow

Package(s):imap CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0379
Created:June 5, 2002 Updated:December 20, 2002
Description: UW imapd versions 2000c and prior allow remote authenticated users to execute code via a buffer overflow. A malicious user can craft a request to run commands on the server under their UID and GID. (First LWN report: May 23).
Alerts:
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:048 2002-12-20
Trustix 2002-0054 2002-06-06
EnGarde ESA-20020607-013 2002-06-07
Yellow Dog YDU-20020606-1 2002-06-06
Red Hat RHSA-2002:092-11 2002-05-22
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:034 2002-05-27
Eridani ERISA-2002:018 2002-05-25
Conectiva CLA-2002:487 2002-05-24
SCO Group CSSA-2002-021.0 2002-05-15

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Apache mod_ssl off-by-one local code execution and DoS vulnerability

Package(s):libapache-mod-ssl mod_ssl CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0653
Created:July 2, 2002 Updated:August 14, 2002
Description: Mod-ssl provides strong cryptography for the Apache webserver via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). A maliciously-crafted .htaccess file, may be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the httpd user or launch a denial of service attack. The problem is fixed in mod_ssl 2.8.10 which is available from here.

For more information see the announcement.

Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:048 2002-08-08
Yellow Dog YDU-20020801-1 2002-08-01
Eridani ERISA-2002:029 2002-07-25
SCO Group CSSA-2002-031.0 2002-07-16
Red Hat RHSA-2002:134-12 2002-07-16
EnGarde ESA-20020702-017 2002-07-02
Conectiva CLA-2002:504 2002-07-02
Debian DSA-135-1 2002-07-02

Comments (none posted)

LPRng accepts jobs from any host.

Package(s):LPRng CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0378
Created:June 12, 2002 Updated:October 31, 2002
Description: Matthew Caron pointed out that LPRng's default configuration accepts job submissions from any host.

This could be an especially annoying vulnerability for adminstrators with systems exposed to the general public.

Alerts:
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:040 2002-10-31
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:042 2002-07-04
Red Hat RHSA-2002:089-07 2002-06-09

Comments (none posted)

Mailman 2.0.11 fixes two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities

Package(s):mailman CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0388
Created:June 5, 2002 Updated:August 28, 2002
Description: Barry A. Warsaw announced the release of Mailman 2.0.11 "which fixes two cross-site scripting exploits, one reported by "office" in the admin login page, and another reported by Tristan Roddis in the Pipermail index summaries. It is recommended that all sites upgrade their 2.0.x systems to this version."
Alerts:
Debian DSA-147-2 2002-08-26
Debian DSA-147-1 2002-08-08
Red Hat RHSA-2002:101-06 2002-06-27
Red Hat RHSA-2002:099-04 2002-06-06
Red Hat RHSA-2002:100-03 2002-06-06
Conectiva CLA-2002:489 2002-05-24

Comments (none posted)

Mozilla XMLHttpRequest file disclosure vulnerability

Package(s):mozilla CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0354
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:October 18, 2002
Description: This XMLHttpRequest security bug impacts all Mozilla-based browsers. "The bug is found in versions of Mozilla from 0.9.7 to 0.9.9 on various operating system platforms, and in Netscape versions 6.1 and higher." (First LWN report: May 2).
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2002:192-13 2002-10-09
Red Hat RHSA-2002:079-13 2002-05-13
Conectiva CLA-2002:490 2002-05-29

Comments (none posted)

String format bug in pam_ldap logging

Package(s):nss_ldap CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0374
Created:June 5, 2002 Updated:October 29, 2002
Description: The nss_ldap package includes the pam_ldap module for authenticating a user with an LDAP database. Pam_ldap versions prior to 144 have a string format bug in the logging mechanism.
Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2002-041.0 2002-10-28
Yellow Dog YDU-20020606-2 2002-06-06
Red Hat RHSA-2002:084-17 2002-05-26
Eridani ERISA-2002:019 2002-05-28

Comments (none posted)

Privilege escalation vulnerability in OpenSSH 2.9.9 through 3.3

Package(s):openssh CVE #(s):
Created:June 26, 2002 Updated:July 3, 2002
Description: OpenSSH versions 2.9.9 through 3.3 have a bug in input validation which can lead to an integer overflow and privilege escalation.

According to the OpenSSH developers:

Systems running with UsePrivilegeSeparation yes or ChallengeResponseAuthentication no are not affected.

The 3.4 release contain many other fixes done over a week long audit started when this issue came to light. We believe that some of those fixes are likely to be important security fixes. Therefore, we urge an upgrade to 3.4.

Upgrading to OpenSSH 3.4 is recommended. See the CERT Advisory and OpenSSH Security Advisory for more information including patches for the "pre-authentication problem." OpenSSH 3.3 users are encouranced to also read the previous vulnerability report.

OpenSSH 3.2 and later have the bug in input validation but prevent the privilege escalation if privilege separation is enabled by setting UsePrivilegeSeparation in sshd_config.

Version 3.3 was the first release to turn on "privilege separation" by default Essentially, privilege separation works by splitting the ssh server into two cooperating processes. One process is charged with talking to the network; it runs without privilege. The other process sits back, makes decisions, and hands out privileges when it's convinced that is the right thing to do.

CERT Advisory: CA-2002-18 OpenSSH Vulnerabilities in Challenge Response Handling

Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:040-1 2002-07-02
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:024 2002-07-02
EnGarde ESA-20020702-016 2002-07-02
Conectiva CLA-2002:502 2002-06-28
Red Hat RHSA-2002:127-18 2002-06-27
Trustix 2002-0059 2002-06-28
SCO Group CSSA-2002-030.0 2002-06-27
Eridani ERISA-2002:026 2002-06-26
Slackware sl-1025193608 2002-06-27
Debian DSA-134-4 2002-06-27
Gentoo OpenSSH-20020627 2002-06-27
OpenPKG OpenPKG-SA-2002.005 2002-06-26

Comments (none posted)

Remotely exploitable vulnerability in pine

Package(s):pine CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0014
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:November 27, 2002
Description: Pine has an unpleasant vulnerability in URL handling vulnerability which can lead to command execution by remote attackers. (First LWN report:  January 17th).

This vulnerability is remotely exploitable; updating is a good idea.

Note: If an update isn't yet available for your distribution, setting enable-msg-view-urls to "off" in pine's setup will avoid the vulnerability. (Thanks to Greg Herlein).

Alerts:
SuSE SuSE-SA:2002:046 2002-11-25
Yellow Dog YDU-20020127-8 2002-01-27
Slackware sl-1010936849 2002-01-13
Red Hat RHSA-2002:009-06 2002-01-14
EnGarde ESA-20020114-002 2002-01-14
Conectiva CLA-2002:460 2002-01-31

Comments (none posted)

Sharutils potential privilege escalation using uudecode

Package(s):sharutils CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0178
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:October 31, 2002
Description: According to the CVE entry, "uudecode, as available in the sharutils package before 4.2.1, does not check whether the filename of the uudecoded file is a pipe or symbolic link, which could allow attackers to overwrite files or execute commands." (First LWN report: May 16).
Alerts:
Gentoo 200210-012 2002-10-30
SCO Group CSSA-2002-040.0 2002-10-28
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:052 2002-08-14
Yellow Dog YDU-20020522-4 2002-05-22
Red Hat RHSA-2002:065-13 2002-05-14
Eridani ERISA-2002:014 2002-05-16

Comments (none posted)

Squid DNS vulnerability fixed in Squid-2.4.STABLE6

Package(s):squid CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0163
Created:July 8, 2002 Updated:July 10, 2002
Description: A malicously crafted DNS reply can cause Squid versions up to and including 2.4.STABLE4 to crash. Squid-2.4.STABLE6 fixes the vulnerability; see the updated advisory from the squid team for the details.
Alerts:
Eridani ERISA-2002:027 2002-07-04
Red Hat RHSA-2002:051-16 2002-07-02

Comments (none posted)

Malformed NFS packet buffer overflow vulnerability in tcpdump

Package(s):tcpdump CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0380
Created:June 5, 2002 Updated:October 9, 2002
Description: A buffer overflow in tcpdump can be triggered by a bad NFS packet when tracing the network. Unmodified tcpdump versions 3.6.2 and earlier are vulnerable.
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2002:094-16 2002-10-04
Yellow Dog YDU-20020606-3 2002-06-06
Trustix 2002-0055 2002-06-05
SCO Group CSSA-2002-025.0 2002-06-04
Conectiva CLA-2002:491 2002-06-05
Red Hat RHSA-2002:094-08 2002-05-29
Eridani ERISA-2002:020 2002-05-30

Comments (none posted)

Multiple vendor telnetd vulnerability

Package(s):telnet Telnet netkit-telnet-ssl kerberos telnetd netkit-telnet nkitb/nkitserv/telnetd krb5 CVE #(s):
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:October 5, 2004
Description: This vulnerability, originally thought to be confined to BSD-derived systems, was first covered in the July 26th Security Summary. It is now known that Linux telnet daemons are vulnerable as well.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200410-03 2004-10-05
Yellow Dog YDU-20010810-2 2001-08-10
Yellow Dog YDU-20010810-1 2001-08-10
SuSE SuSE-SA:2001:029 2001-09-03
Slackware sl-997726350 2001-08-09
Red Hat RHSA-2001:100-02 2001-08-09
Red Hat RHSA-2001:099-09 2002-02-07
Red Hat RHSA-2001:099-06 2001-08-09
Progeny PROGENY-SA-2001-27 2001-08-14
Mandrake MDKSA-2001:093 2001-12-17
Mandrake MDKSA-2001:068 2001-08-13
HP HPSBTL0202-023 2002-02-12
Debian DSA-075-2 2001-08-14
Debian DSA-075-1 2001-08-14
Conectiva CLA-2001:413 2001-08-24
SCO Group CSSA-2001-030.0 2001-08-10

Comments (none posted)

Multiple vulnerabilities in SNMP implementations

Package(s):ucdsnmp ucd-snmp CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0012 CAN-2002-0013
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:September 17, 2002
Description: Most SNMP implementations out there have a variety of buffer overflow vulnerabilities and should be upgraded at first opportunity. See this CERT advisory for more. (First LWN report: February 14).
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2002:036-26 2002-09-12
Yellow Dog YDU-20020211-1 2002-02-11
Red Hat RHSA-2001:163-20 2002-02-12
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:014 2002-02-15
Debian DSA-111-2 2002-02-28
Debian DSA-111-1 2002-02-14
Conectiva CLA-2002:462 2002-02-14
SCO Group CSSA-2002-004.0 2002-01-22

Comments (none posted)

webalizer: reverse DNS buffer overflow vulnerability

Package(s):webalizer CVE #(s):
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:January 27, 2003
Description: The cause is a buffer overflow bug. This one sounds nasty. If reverse DNS lookups are enabled in webalizer, "an attacker with control over the victims DNS may spoof responses thus triggering a buffer overflow, potentially leading to a root compromise." Webalizer 2.01-10 "fixes this and a few other buglets that have been discovered in the last month or so". (First LWN report:  April 18th, 2002).
Alerts:
Yellow Dog YDU-20030127-4 2003-01-27
Red Hat RHSA-2002:254-05 2002-12-04
SCO Group CSSA-2002-036.0 2002-10-22
EnGarde ESA-20020423-009 2002-04-23
Conectiva CLA-2002:476 2002-04-26

Comments (none posted)

Webmin/Usermin vulnerabilities

Package(s):webmin CVE #(s):
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:January 10, 2003
Description: Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Webmin has cross-site scripting and session ID spoofing vulnerabilities which are fixed in the May 6, 2002 release of version 0.970. (First LWN report: May 9).

This one is scary. The session ID spoofing vulnerability allows the "possibility that arbitrary commands may be executed with root privileges." Upgrading is strongly recommended. At a minimum avoid the "preconditions for a successful exploit" by disabling password timeouts under Webmin->Configuration->Authentication.

Alerts:
SCO Group CSSA-2003-002.0 2003-01-09
Yellow Dog YDU-20020522-7 2002-05-22
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:033 2002-05-21

Comments (1 posted)

Problems with libgtop_daemon

Package(s):wuftpd libgtop CVE #(s):
Created:May 21, 2002 Updated:May 7, 2003
Description: The libgtop_daemon package is a GNOME program which makes system information available remotely. LWN reported the remotely exploitable format string and buffer overflow vulnerabilities in that package on December 6th. On November 28th disabling the libgtop_daemon on systems where it is running until an update is available.

Many Linux systems do not run libgtop by default, but applying the update is a good idea anyway.

Alerts:
Debian DSA-301-1 2003-05-07
Mandrake MDKSA-2001:094 2001-12-19
Debian DSA-098-1 2002-01-09
Conectiva CLA-2002:448 2002-01-03

Comments (1 posted)

xchat IC server based dns query vulnerability

Package(s):xchat CVE #(s):CAN-2002-0382
Created:June 5, 2002 Updated:September 24, 2002
Description: A malicious IRC server may return a response to a /dns query that executes arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running XChat. Versions of XChat prior to 1.8.9 are vulnerable.
Alerts:
Conectiva CLA-2002:526 2002-09-23
Mandrake MDKSA-2002:051 2002-08-14
Yellow Dog YDU-20020606-5 2002-06-06
Eridani ERISA-2002:021 2002-06-05
Red Hat RHSA-2002:097-08 2002-06-04

Comments (none posted)

Resources

BOON, a buffer overrun detection tool

David Wagner has released BOON, a tool for scanning C source code for buffer overrun vulnerabilities.

Be warned that this code is primarily a research prototype and has some serious problems. Nonetheless, I hope it will be useful to you in your security auditing work.

Full Story (comments: none)

Linux Security Week

The July 8th Linux Security Week newsletter from LinuxSecurity.com is available.

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Using MonMotha's firewall script to build safe Internet sharing with Debian GNU/Linux (LinuxOrbit)

LinuxOrbit has this tutorial on building firewalls on a Debian system. "This tutorial will give you the necessary steps to turn one of your old PCs into a firewall with IP Masquerading, using a popular Linux distribution. I will leave it to you to get and install Debian onto your machine and work out connectivity to your ISP, then I will guide you through a kernel compile and install - which is necessary to enable features in the 2.4.x series kernels which allow your Linux machine to act as a firewall."

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Events

USENIX Security Symposium

The USENIX Security Symposium will be here in less than a month. The list of accepted papers has been published; there are some interesting ones.

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RAID 2002 Call for Participation

The Fifth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID 2002) issued a call for participation. The symposium will be held October 16-18, 2002 in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Upcoming Security Events

Date Event Location
July 12 - 14, 2002H2K2 "Hacker" conferenceNew York City
July 31 - August 1, 2002Black Hat Briefings 2002(Caesars Palace Hotel and Resort)Las Vegas, NV, USA
August 2 - 4, 2002Defcon(Alexis Park Hotel and Resort)Las Vegas, Nevada
August 5 - 9, 200211th USENIX Security SymposiumSan Francisco, CA, USA
August 6 - 9, 2002CERT Conference 2002Omaha, Nebraska, USA
August 19 - 21, 2002Canadian Security & Intelligence Conference(CSICON)(Hyatt Regency)Calgary, Alberta Canada
August 28 - 30, 2002Workshop on Information Security Applications(WISA 2002)Jeju Island, Korea

For additional security-related events, included training courses (which we don't list above) and events further in the future, check out Security Focus' calendar, one of the primary resources we use for building the above list. To submit an event directly to us, please send a plain-text message to lwn@lwn.net.

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