Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 06:10:36PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: The big problem is that the kernel situation in woody blows. There are too many kernels and they don't build consistently. Hopefully things will be better in sarge (although if you look at the number of kernels out there the future seems grim) but woody will always have slow painful kernel updates. Could You tell us what _exactly_ happened? (DWN cover-story ;-)) Are there no testsuites/scripts to ensure basic sanity of the packages being built packages? Or what _exactly_ was the mistake (I'm personally interested in the security weaknesses of the build process). -- To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:40:35PM +0200, Jan Minar wrote: Could You tell us what _exactly_ happened? (DWN cover-story ;-)) Are there no testsuites/scripts to ensure basic sanity of the packages being built packages? Or what _exactly_ was the mistake (I'm personally interested in the security weaknesses of the build process). Some masochistic part of me really wants to know how you can twist a broken package build, missing a bunch of files, into a security weakness. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 06:10:36PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: The big problem is that the kernel situation in woody blows. There are too many kernels and they don't build consistently. Hopefully things will be better in sarge (although if you look at the number of kernels out there the future seems grim) but woody will always have slow painful kernel updates. Could You tell us what _exactly_ happened? (DWN cover-story ;-)) Are there no testsuites/scripts to ensure basic sanity of the packages being built packages? Or what _exactly_ was the mistake (I'm personally interested in the security weaknesses of the build process). -- To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad. pgpYHTGIkz32x.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:40:35PM +0200, Jan Minar wrote: Could You tell us what _exactly_ happened? (DWN cover-story ;-)) Are there no testsuites/scripts to ensure basic sanity of the packages being built packages? Or what _exactly_ was the mistake (I'm personally interested in the security weaknesses of the build process). Some masochistic part of me really wants to know how you can twist a broken package build, missing a bunch of files, into a security weakness. -- - mdz
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 03:30:58PM +0700, Jean Christophe ANDRÉ wrote: When you have time, could you please tell people how could that happen? It's a mistake, it happens. Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
Le samedi 17 avril 2004 10h01 (-0400), Michael Stone crivait : When you have time, could you please tell people how could that happen? It's a mistake, it happens. Off course! And I don't ask to blame anybody! I'm just curious to know the details, so it may be usefull to me too when I'm compiling my own kernel for my whole network. Best Regards, -- J.C. ANDR [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vn.refer.org/ Coordonnateur technique rgional / Associ technologie projet Reflets (CODA) Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AuF) / Bureau Asie-Pacifique (BAP) Adresse postale : AUF, 21 L Thnh Tng, T.T. Hon Kim, H Ni, Vit Nam Tl. : +84 4 9331108 Fax : +84 4 8247383 Mobile : +84 91 3248747 Note personnelle : merci d'viter de m'envoyer des fichiers PowerPoint ou Word ; voir http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.fr.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
The big problem is that the kernel situation in woody blows. There are too many kernels and they don't build consistently. Hopefully things will be better in sarge (although if you look at the number of kernels out there the future seems grim) but woody will always have slow painful kernel updates. Mike Stone -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 03:30:58PM +0700, Jean Christophe ANDRÉ wrote: When you have time, could you please tell people how could that happen? It's a mistake, it happens. Mike Stone
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
Le samedi 17 avril 2004 à 10h01 (-0400), Michael Stone écrivait : When you have time, could you please tell people how could that happen? It's a mistake, it happens. Off course! And I don't ask to blame anybody! I'm just curious to know the details, so it may be usefull to me too when I'm compiling my own kernel for my whole network. Best Regards, -- J.C. プログフ ANDRÉ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vn.refer.org/ Coordonnateur technique régional / Associé technologie projet Reflets (CODA) Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AuF) / Bureau Asie-Pacifique (BAP) Adresse postale : AUF, 21 Lê Thánh Tông, T.T. Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Việt Nam Tél. : +84 4 9331108 Fax : +84 4 8247383 Mobile : +84 91 3248747 ⎧ Note personnelle : merci d'éviter de m'envoyer des fichiers PowerPoint ⎫ ⎩ ou Word ; voir http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.fr.html ⎭
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
The big problem is that the kernel situation in woody blows. There are too many kernels and they don't build consistently. Hopefully things will be better in sarge (although if you look at the number of kernels out there the future seems grim) but woody will always have slow painful kernel updates. Mike Stone
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
Hi Guys! Le mercredi 14 avril 2004 23h58 (+0200), Martin Schulze crivait : An unfortunate build error caused some of the kernel packages in DSA 479-1 to be broken. When you have time, could you please tell people how could that happen? Doesn't packaging process has any check for compile or build error? I don't want to criticize Debian: I love Debian, and especialy its we won't hide problems clause... :) -- J.C. ANDR [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vn.refer.org/ Coordonnateur technique rgional / Associ technologie projet Reflets (CODA) Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AuF) / Bureau Asie-Pacifique (BAP) Adresse postale : AUF, 21 L Thnh Tng, T.T. Hon Kim, H Ni, Vit Nam Tl. : +84 4 9331108 Fax : +84 4 8247383 Mobile : +84 91 3248747 Note personnelle : merci d'viter de m'envoyer des fichiers PowerPoint ou Word ; voir http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.fr.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
Hi Guys! Le mercredi 14 avril 2004 à 23h58 (+0200), Martin Schulze écrivait : An unfortunate build error caused some of the kernel packages in DSA 479-1 to be broken. When you have time, could you please tell people how could that happen? Doesn't packaging process has any check for compile or build error? I don't want to criticize Debian: I love Debian, and especialy its we won't hide problems clause... :) -- J.C. プログフ ANDRÉ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vn.refer.org/ Coordonnateur technique régional / Associé technologie projet Reflets (CODA) Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AuF) / Bureau Asie-Pacifique (BAP) Adresse postale : AUF, 21 Lê Thánh Tông, T.T. Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Việt Nam Tél. : +84 4 9331108 Fax : +84 4 8247383 Mobile : +84 91 3248747 ⎧ Note personnelle : merci d'éviter de m'envoyer des fichiers PowerPoint ⎫ ⎩ ou Word ; voir http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.fr.html ⎭ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386)
Hi, I got the mail, and happy to know that you keep the good work. But when I did 'apt-get update', there was no change in http://security.debian.org files. Is it possible to make sure the files are updated before sending the announcement? I know that each mail has the link for all the files... but many people automate the updates of the machine, which means that they won't get the updates till the mirror files will be updated. Regards, Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Guides.co.il - Original Message - From: Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Security Announcements debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-2] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (i386) -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 479-2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 14th, 2004http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -- Package: kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386 Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0003 CAN-2004-0010 CAN-2004-0109 CAN-2004-0177 CAN-2004-0178 Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel. This update takes care of Linux 2.4.18 for the i386 architecture. This advisory replaces the i386 part of DSA 479-1 (except for the i386bf part). An unfortunate build error caused some of the kernel packages in DSA 479-1 to be broken. They are updated with this advisory. For completeness below is the original advisory text: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems that will be fixed with this update: CAN-2004-0003 A vulnerability has been discovered in the R128 drive in the Linux kernel which could potentially lead an attacker to gain unauthorised privileges. Alan Cox and Thomas Biege developed a correction for this CAN-2004-0010 Arjan van de Ven discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the ncp_lookup function for ncpfs in the Linux kernel, which could lead an attacker to gain unauthorised privileges. Petr Vandrovec developed a correction for this. CAN-2004-0109 zen-parse discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ISO9660 filesystem component of Linux kernel which could be abused by an attacker to gain unauthorised root access. Sebastian Krahmer and Ernie Petrides developed a correction for this. CAN-2004-0177 Solar Designer discovered an information leak in the ext3 code of Linux. In a worst case an attacker could read sensitive data such as cryptographic keys which would otherwise never hit disk media. Theodore Ts'o developed a correction for this. CAN-2004-0178 Andreas Kies discovered a denial of service condition in the Sound Blaster driver in Linux. He also developed a correction. These problems will also be fixed by upstream in Linux 2.4.26 and future versions of 2.6. The following security matrix explains which kernel versions for which architecture are already fixed. Kernel images in the unstable Debian distribution (sid) will be fixed soon. Architecturestable (woody) unstable (sid)removed in sid source 2.4.18-14.32.4.25-3 -- alpha 2.4.18-15 soon -- i3862.4.18-13.1soon -- i386bf 2.4.18-5woody8 soon -- powerpc 2.4.18-1woody5 2.4.25-8 2.4.22 We recommend that you upgrade your kernel packages immediately, either with a Debian provided kernel or with a self compiled one. Upgrade Instructions - wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386/ke rnel-image-2.4.18-1-i386_2.4.18-13.1.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 1193 c5bea6e9e74b7bb8bf2dd6216cf1541d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386/ke rnel-image-2.4.18-1-i386_2.4.18-13.1.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum:70555 035a589ccba3168c3d72d383bbec5dab Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.18-1
