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Fedora Legacy Update Advisory
Synopsis: Updated kernel packages fix security issues
Advisory ID: FLSA:2336
Issue date: 2005-02-24
Product: Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core
Keywords: Bugfix
Cross references: https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0177 CAN-2004-0685 CAN-2004-0814
CAN-2004-0883 CAN-2004-0949 CAN-2004-1016
CAN-2004-1017 CAN-2004-1056 CAN-2004-1068
CAN-2004-1070 CAN-2004-1071 CAN-2004-1072
CAN-2004-1073 CAN-2004-1074 CAN-2004-1137
CAN-2004-1234 CAN-2004-1235 CAN-2005-0001
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1. Topic:
Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues are now
available.
The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386
Fedora Core 1 - i386
3. Problem description:
This update includes fixes for several security issues:
The ext3 code in kernels before 2.4.26 did not properly initialize
journal descriptor blocks. A privileged local user could read portions
of kernel memory. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0177 to this issue.
Conectiva discovered flaws in certain USB drivers affecting kernels
prior to 2.4.27 which used the copy_to_user function on uninitialized
structures. These flaws could allow local users to read small amounts
of kernel memory. (CAN-2004-0685)
Multiple race conditions in the terminal layer could allow local users
to obtain portions of kernel data via a TIOCSETD ioctl call to a
terminal interface that is being accessed by another thread. This could
also allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) by
switching from console to PPP line discipline, then quickly sending data
that is received during the switch. (CAN-2004-0814)
Stefan Esser discovered various flaws including buffer overflows in
the smbfs driver affecting kernels prior to 2.4.28. A local user may be
able to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges.
In order to exploit these flaws the user would require control of
a connected Samba server. (CAN-2004-0883, CAN-2004-0949)
ISEC security research and Georgi Guninski independantly discovered a
flaw in the scm_send function in the auxiliary message layer. A local
user could create a carefully crafted auxiliary message which could
cause a denial of service (system hang). (CAN-2004-1016)
Multiple overflows were discovered and corrected in the io_edgeport
driver. (CAN-2004-1017)
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver does not properly check the
DMA lock, which could allow remote attackers or local users to cause a
denial of service (X Server crash) and possibly modify the video output.
(CAN-2004-1056)
A missing serialization flaw in unix_dgram_recvmsg was discovered that
affects kernels prior to 2.4.28. A local user could potentially make
use of a race condition in order to gain privileges. (CAN-2004-1068)
Paul Starzetz of iSEC discovered various flaws in the ELF binary loader
affecting kernels prior to 2.4.28. A local user could use these flaws to
gain read access to executable-only binaries or possibly gain
privileges. (CAN-2004-1070, CAN-2004-1071, CAN-2004-1072, CAN-2004-1073,
CAN-2004-1074)
ISEC security research discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the IGMP
functionality of the kernels. These flaws could allow a local user to
cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially gain privileges. Where
multicast applications are being used on a system, these flaws may also
allow remote users to cause a denial of service. (CAN-2004-1137)
Kirill Korotaev found a flaw in load_elf_binary affecting kernels prior
to 2.4.26. A local user could create a carefully crafted binary in such
a way that it would cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CAN-2004-1234)
iSEC Security Research discovered a VMA handling flaw in the uselib(2)
system call of the Linux kernel. A local user could make use of this
flaw to gain elevated (root) privileges. (CAN-2004-1235)
iSEC Security Research discovered a flaw in the page fault handler code
that could lead to local users gaining elevated (root) privileges on
multiprocessor machines. (CAN-2005-0001)
All users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the packages
associated with their machine architectures and configurations as listed
in this erratum.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To install kernel packages manually, use "rpm -ivh <package>" and modify
system settings to boot the kernel you have installed. To do this, edit
/boot/grub/grub.conf and change the default entry to "default=0" (or, if
you have chosen to use LILO as your boot loader, edit /etc/lilo.conf and
run lilo)
Please note that this update is also available via yum and apt. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue:
yum update
or to use apt:
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
This will start an interactive process that will result in the
appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. This assumes that you
have yum or apt-get configured for obtaining Fedora Legacy content.
Please visit http://www.fedoralegacy.org/docs for directions on how to
configure yum and apt-get.
Note that this may not automatically pull the new kernel in if you have
configured apt/yum to ignore kernels. If so, follow the manual
instructions above.
5. Bug IDs fixed:
http://bugzilla.fedora.us - bug #2336 - Kernel bugs
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 7.3:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
i586:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i586.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i586.rpm
i686:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i686.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i686.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i686.rpm
athlon:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.athlon.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.athlon.rpm
Red Hat Linux 9:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
i586:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i586.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i586.rpm
i686:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i686.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i686.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i686.rpm
athlon:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.athlon.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.athlon.rpm
Fedora Core 1:
SRPM:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.src.rpm
i386:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i386.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i386.rpm
i586:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i586.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i586.rpm
i686:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i686.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i686.rpm
athlon:
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.athlon.rpm
http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.athlon.rpm
7. Verification:
SHA1 sum Package Name
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7900b4d4608f6f23f1b19f8545a67bd733493c65
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.athlon.rpm
dad7ced597c96a258e11d0de8437356ac82e40f3
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
caea6cb5c96897341c71e023e71d90b1b01bdde9
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i586.rpm
ffe552201b6bfdc5359596ae901bc249a365cec6
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i686.rpm
4be06cfe9783c4d045fbfff4774e50f308fa6934
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i686.rpm
7d4b1b49e292ade40eb1f14e89338ae8df014981
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
6a17058770d6e6c2b8706232d1ceb60866b36ab0
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
b8e1b78b834e48ec35906b3924eb2bd12a33e4d6
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.athlon.rpm
55e2477c5ddd3934c2bfbc770ff0df7cce44a6a0
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i586.rpm
c923851d4e460a672891db11bbc98089189a5a93
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i686.rpm
dfcf9626635256e898e9696b7c8e58d826069be4
redhat/7.3/updates/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.i386.rpm
f4620b08ec8e2ae3973d5b3e555893ab3a7ce340
redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-42.7.legacy.src.rpm
2d6d73763d1d7631b61c40b8093757466dd24cd7
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.athlon.rpm
7b1f8f93eb586ae3fbe834670801d45b999700c2
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
8d472f8c69a624b310758472c7f387c258f73c02
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i586.rpm
618c079b5c9336a0bf0c4e7342616c001eea5f15
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i686.rpm
dcc66fd50b44cdb55c543d2d0496de595e627d7a
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i686.rpm
d092d4efcc10b605fdf9724c5bd65560811063c4
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
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redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
ccfaec93e1a5145ec9d91f0d3e7eeab19a3a81a4
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.athlon.rpm
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redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i586.rpm
c7b63e8f26ccb8a237a5918d50e04b112e13f700
redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i686.rpm
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redhat/9/updates/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.i386.rpm
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redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-42.9.legacy.src.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.athlon.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i586.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i686.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i386.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i386.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.athlon.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i586.rpm
d307317b04336c289cddde005e11c30b188119cb
fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i686.rpm
3b0301c812ad4379c6eb7bbd7970ab4f9602b37c
fedora/1/updates/i386/kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.i386.rpm
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fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.22-1.2199.4.legacy.nptl.src.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Fedora Legacy for security. Our key is
available from http://www.fedoralegacy org/about/security.php
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig -v <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the sha1sum with the following command:
sha1sum <filename>
8. References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0177
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0685
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0814
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0883
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0949
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1016
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1017
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1056
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1068
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1070
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1071
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1072
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1073
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1074
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1137
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1234
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1235
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0001
9. Contact:
The Fedora Legacy security contact is <secnotice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. More
project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org
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