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TSLSA-2005-0001 - multi
From: Trustix Security Advisor <tsl () trustix org>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:08:05 +0100
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----Hash: SHA1- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2005-0001Package name: fcron, kernelSummary: Security Date: 2005-01-13Affected versions: Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 Trustix Operating System - Enterprise Server 2- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package description: fcron: Fcron is a scheduler. It is used to run specified tasks at specified times. kernel: The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your Trustix Secure Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.Problem description: fcron: Security vulnerabilites have been found in fcronsighup, the program used by fcrontab to tell fcron it should reload its configuration. Fcron 2.9.5.1 fixes the reported bugs and improves fcronsighup's overall security. kernel: Paul Starzetz discovered an exploitable flaw in the page fault handler. This only affects SMP kernels. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0001 to this issue. Paul Starzetz discovered an exploitable flaw in the binary loaders for ELF and a.out. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2004-1235 and CAN-2004-1074 to this issue. Chris Wright fixed a user triggerable BUG() when a user created a large vma that overlapped with arg pages during exec. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0003 to this issue.Action: We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded. Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by this package, you may want to remove it from your system.Location: All Trustix Secure Linux updates are available from <URI:http://http.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/> <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/>About Trustix Secure Linux: Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to date from day one using swup, the automated software updater.Automatic updates: Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically installed using 'swup --upgrade'.Questions? Check out our mailing lists: <URI:http://www.trustix.org/support/>Verification: This advisory along with all Trustix packages are signed with the TSL sign key. This key is available from: <URI:http://www.trustix.org/TSL-SIGN-KEY> The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-1.5/>, <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-2.0/>, <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-2.1/> and <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-2.2/> or directly at <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/xxxx/>MD5sums of the packages:- --------------------------------------------------------------------------3fc55fd0937594be4d7f3691d8d2b848 2.2/rpms/fcron-2.9.5-2tr.i586.rpm573b2d3472ca2f7045a899e1ef11f612 2.2/rpms/kernel-2.4.28-7tr.i586.rpm24377fa035ae34b883cc3e6ed23b7a07 2.2/rpms/kernel-BOOT-2.4.28-7tr.i586.rpm98b1bc8129b0cc9e870c9f0b80302f52 2.2/rpms/kernel-doc-2.4.28-7tr.i586.rpm135d125be3f1d0aefd25c3496f84608a 2.2/rpms/kernel-smp-2.4.28-7tr.i586.rpm467c553d32b93d0b89dd7b5096af6f18 2.2/rpms/kernel-source-2.4.28-7tr.i586.rpm6fdba81878841ec179ddb19b57682f0d 2.2/rpms/kernel-utils-2.4.28-7tr.i586.rpm60708932f68ea9b22366c0b4d480b1a1 2.1/rpms/fcron-2.9.5.1-1tr.i586.rpm09e6834988d360bbfc30589fb8a6c690 2.1/rpms/kernel-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpm8bc1236ef6a3f6a1141d782fa3c0f61d 2.1/rpms/kernel-BOOT-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpm60ddeefe597383bb10fd332247f3bbce 2.1/rpms/kernel-doc-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpm3353625a06bc4f9c2fc69a4832cd7cd0 2.1/rpms/kernel-firewall-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpm568b5491424463bcd9edadac734dfb0f 2.1/rpms/kernel-firewallsmp-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpm24ccd6eeaffc59c457f2510c8779c3ca 2.1/rpms/kernel-smp-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpmbd42164aee09465748a27d53c181a85b 2.1/rpms/kernel-source-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpm9ab0e533f809df322acbd053c4efb955 2.1/rpms/kernel-utils-2.4.28-3tr.i586.rpm- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Trustix Security Team-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux)iD8DBQFB5qgGi8CEzsK9IksRAkv/AJ9nwFqe89y8aXxsUJdn2Qa8cZ0w9gCffwUGi6/JJuUtqD5tHhe+UEIfQkc==wt50-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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