RedHat: UPDATE: 'gnorpm' vulnerability

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Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory

Synopsis: Updated gnorpm packages are available for Red Hat Linux 6.1, 6.2, and 7.0
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:072-08
Issue date: 2000-10-04
Updated on: 2000-11-27
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: security tmp rpm
Cross references: N/A
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1. Topic:

(This is a re-release of the previous errata caused by a missing patch).

A locally-exploitable security hole was found where a normal user could
trick root running GnoRPM into writing to arbitrary files due to a bug in
the gnorpm tmp file handling.

2000-11-27: Added packages for Red Hat Linux 7 for Alpha

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 6.1 - i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386, alpha

3. Problem description:

While fixing other problems with the gnorpm package, a locally-exploitable
security hole was found where a normal user could trick root running GnoRPM
into writing to arbitrary files due to a bug in the gnorpm tmp file
handling.

A new release of GnoRPM (0.95.1) is now available. This fixes a
significant number of bugs in the gnorpm package, including this security
hole. Administrators who use this program on multi-user machines should
update it, and anyone who uses it regularly will notice vast improvements.

All versions of GnoRPM before 0.95 are believed to be vulnerable.

4. Solution:

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filename]

where filename is the name of the RPM.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to library compatibility issues, this release of GnoRPM
0.95.1 cannot be used on a Red Hat Linux 6.0 system. If you are running
Red Hat Linux 6.0, to close this security hole you should abstain from
using GnoRPM until packages are available for that release. Alternatively
you may upgrade to a later version of Red Hat Linux. Packages that
function properly on a Red Hat Linux 6.0 system are in development.

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):

6611 - GNORPM crashes when changing filter in the install window
6657 - gnorpm crashes
6659 - need summary
7678 - Corrupted .gnome/gnorpm.d/resources/fullIndex.rdf.gz
9254 - GnoRPM dies behind firewall
10162 - "Query" button in toolbar doesn't work properly
14327 - Querying RPMs after drag'n'drop crashes gnorpm

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 6.2:

alpha:

sparc:

i386:

sources:

Red Hat Linux 7.0:

alpha:

i386:

sources:

7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name
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3d77624520a703638658134218018331 6.2/SRPMS/gnorpm-0.95.1-5.6x.src.rpm
b265bbbe50bb057ca0b8a5e33dca4017 6.2/alpha/gnorpm-0.95.1-5.6x.alpha.rpm
5e447c0cc6cd363531d2ed58534daae2 6.2/i386/gnorpm-0.95.1-5.6x.i386.rpm
0de5eea58096827c3f3c3382088d6115 6.2/sparc/gnorpm-0.95.1-5.6x.sparc.rpm
fd7d7e3bd554b4dcd3e13632906f27e9 7.0/SRPMS/gnorpm-0.95.1-5.src.rpm
48f5f0dc6a0b17cd204a9bc6ab6c2a86 7.0/alpha/gnorpm-0.95.1-5.alpha.rpm
1df97ee9659fc0f10c2f06ef69954228 7.0/i386/gnorpm-0.95.1-5.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key
is available at:

You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg

8. References:

N/A