Debian: kernel-2.4.17 Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel.
- CVE-2002-0429: The iBCS routines in arch/i386/kernel/traps.c for
Linux kernels 2.4.18 and earlier on x86 systems allow local users to
kill arbitrary processes via a a binary compatibility interface
(lcall)
- CAN-2003-0001: Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device
drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote
attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel
memory by using malformed packets
- CAN-2003-0127: The kernel module loader allows local users to gain
root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is
spawned by the kernel
- CAN-2003-0244: The route cache implementation in Linux 2.4, and the
Netfilter IP conntrack module, allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (CPU consumption) via packets with forged source
addresses that cause a large number of hash table collisions related
to the PREROUTING chain
- CAN-2003-0246: The ioperm system call in Linux kernel 2.4.20 and
earlier does not properly restrict privileges, which allows local
users to gain read or write access to certain I/O ports.
- CAN-2003-0247: vulnerability in the TTY layer of the Linux kernel
2.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service ("kernel oops")
- CAN-2003-0248: The mxcsr code in Linux kernel 2.4 allows attackers to modify CPU state registers via a malformed address.
- CAN-2003-0364: The TCP/IP fragment reassembly handling in the Linux
kernel 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU
consumption) via certain packets that cause a large number of hash
table collisions
This advisory provides corrected source code for Linux 2.4.17, and
corrected binary kernel images for the mips and mipsel architectures.
Other versions and architectures will be covered by separate
advisories.
For the stable distribution (woody), these problems have been fixed in
kernel-source-2.4.17 version 2.4.17-1woody1 and
kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips version 2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in
kernel-source-2.4.20 version 2.4.20-8.
We recommend that you update your kernel packages.
NOTE: A system reboot will be required immediately after the upgrade
in order to replace the running kernel. Remember to read carefully
and follow the instructions given during the kernel upgrade process.
Upgrade Instructions
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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
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Source archives:
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Architecture independent components:
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Big endian MIPS architecture:
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Size/MD5 checksum: 2041978 02f5c02d1937ef5aed708e975e828b3f
Little endian MIPS architecture:
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Source archives:
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Architecture independent components:
Size/MD5 checksum: 1719692 ec59d9331d0654a67859c40ab3abf260
Size/MD5 checksum: 23878706 031649d73da791becf1c4f0c69d13ce1
Alpha architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 16510 381f00dd2c315eb7926dd18a039a4d4a
ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 15224 37d883ab4530e22b28b29c86ccbe4c0a
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 14876 46fa25b8cce097c219e16d96947abb7d
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 18600 503f0919f883668553f8bd973c84eb98
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 16216 90ba4a9476c5126fc581331866f59040
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 14718 e316ab0b4c10c64f9644667c475c53ac
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 15884 3498ee16ddc2738919e244282087ab7f
Little endian MIPS architecture:
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PowerPC architecture:
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IBM S/390 architecture:
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Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 17710 1967f9527247961f55e98d7d6edc4d86
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
