--------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Legacy Update Advisory Synopsis: Updated rp-pppoe package fixes security issue Advisory ID: FLSA:152794 Issue date: 2005-11-14 Product: Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core Keywords: Bugfix CVE Names: CVE-2004-0564 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: An updated rp-pppoe package that fixes a security vulnerability is now available. The rp-pppoe package is a PPP over Ethernet client (for xDSL support). 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 Fedora Core 1 - i386 3. Problem description: Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, the PPP over Ethernet driver from Roaring Penguin. When the program is running setuid root (which is not the case in a default Red Hat Linux or Fedora Core installation), an attacker could overwrite any file on the file system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0564 to this issue. All users of rp-pppoe should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. 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. 5. Bug IDs fixed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152794 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPM: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/rp-pppoe-3.3-10.legacy.src.rpm i386: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/7.3/updates/i386/rp-pppoe-3.3-10.legacy.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPM: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/rp-pppoe-3.5-2.2.legacy.src.rpm i386: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/rp-pppoe-3.5-2.2.legacy.i386.rpm Fedora Core 1: SRPM: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/rp-pppoe-3.5-8.2.legacy.src.rpm i386: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/rp-pppoe-3.5-8.2.legacy.i386.rpm 7. Verification: SHA1 sum Package Name --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3f7646466059606af82392573647db2757a07184 redhat/7.3/updates/i386/rp-pppoe-3.3-10.legacy.i386.rpm 0c9fdb6d3ad087cdedef83dc564ae1b21d8f5bab redhat/7.3/updates/SRPMS/rp-pppoe-3.3-10.legacy.src.rpm dda91513cd724e0175550465b19c8fab00876f9a redhat/9/updates/i386/rp-pppoe-3.5-2.2.legacy.i386.rpm a5806f7bbcb5cd62f33a9b36904d08548da976b8 redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/rp-pppoe-3.5-2.2.legacy.src.rpm 8f808a8239aeebf880c9b9b894531dd26db849a9 fedora/1/updates/i386/rp-pppoe-3.5-8.2.legacy.i386.rpm ef55f4b9380d5551129f806ae76ba548bfb7bdb4 fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/rp-pppoe-3.5-8.2.legacy.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=CVE-2004-0564 9. Contact: The Fedora Legacy security contact is <secnotice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. More project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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