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| DATE | 2004-12-21 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] [meissner@suse.de: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: various kernel problems (SUSE-SA:2004:044)]
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SUSE Security Announcement
Package: kernel
Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:044
Date: Tuesday, Dec 21st 2004 18:00 MEST
Affected products: SUSE Linux 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9
SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0
Novell Linux Desktop 9
Vulnerability Type: local privilege escalation
remote denial of service
local denial of service
Severity (1-10): 9
SUSE default package: yes
Cross References: CAN-2004-1068
CAN-2004-1016
CAN-2004-1137
CAN-2004-1151
Content of this advisory:
1) security vulnerability resolved:
- several vulnerabilities in the linux kernel
problem description
2) solution/workaround
3) special instructions and notes
4) package location and checksums
5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds:
- problem with smbfs in earlier update
- see SUSE Security Summary Report
6) standard appendix (further information)
______________________________________________________________________________
1) problem description, brief discussion
Linux kernel
Several vulnerabilities have been found and fixed in the Linux
kernel.
Paul Starzetz reported that the missing serialization in
unix_dgram_recvmsg() which was added to kernel 2.4.28 can
be used by a local attacker to gain elevated privileges (root
access). This issue is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CAN-2004-1068.
Paul Starzetz and Georgi Guninski reported independently that bad
argument handling and bad integer arithmetics in the IPv4 sendmsg
handling of control messages could lead to a local attacker crashing
the machine.
This problem was fixed by Herbert Xu and is tracked by the Mitre
CVE ID CAN-2004-1016.
Georgi Guninski reported a memory leak in the IP option handling
of the IPv4 sendmsg call.
Paul Starzetz found bad handling in the kernel IGMP code, which
could lead to a local attacker being able to crash the machine.
This problem was fixed by Chris Wright and is tracked by the Mitre
CVE ID CAN-2004-1137.
Olaf Kirch found and fixed a problem in the RPC handling in the
kernel of SUSE Linux 9.1, 9.2, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
which could lead to a remote attacker crashing the machine.
A local denial of service problem in the aio_free_ring system call
could allow a local attacker to crash the machine.
A problem in the memory management handling of ELF executables could
lead to a local attacker crashing the machine with a handcrafted
ELF binary. (This is a VMA overlap problem and not related to
earlier ELF problems.)
A buffer overflow in the system call handling in the 32bit system
call emulation on AMD64 / Intel EM64T systems was fixed. It is not
thought to be exploitable.
A memory leak in the ip_conntrack_ftp firewalling module was fixed
in the 2.6 kernels.
Various UML security issues in the SUSE Linux 9.2 UML setup
were fixed.
Additionally some non-security bugs were fixed in the released
kernels:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and SUSE Linux 8.1:
- A memory leak in addition / removal of SCSI target devices was
fixed.
- A race condition in SCSI I/O accounting which could lead to
erroneous reports on SCSI disk I/O was fixed.
- S390: Patches from IBM have been installed in the S/390
architecture, both for 32 and 64bit.
Refer to the maintenance information mail for the full change log.
- The "memfrac" and "lower_zone_reserve" kernel parameters had
no effect since they were used before kernel command line parsing.
- PowerPC: Missing synchronization that could lead to processes
hanging in signal delivery was added.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and SUSE Linux 9.1:
- A vfree() was called with interrupts disabled in the SCSI generic
device handling, which could lead to a hanging machine.
- A race condition between a file unlink and umount could lead to a
machine crash.
- Fixed a small memory leak in bio_copy_user().
- cdrecord -scanbus could crash the kernel when using the "gdth" SCSI
driver.
- Allow reading from zero page (/dev/zero) using O_DIRECT/rawio.
- Fixed some LSB issues in the fcntl compatibility handling.
- The st (SCSI tape) driver did not pass on generic SCSI ioctl
commands to the SCSI mid layer.
SUSE Linux 9.2:
- The kernel installation routines did not call depmod for the modules
in the -nongpl RPMs, so they could not be loaded.
This lead to non working USB modem drivers and similar.
This problem was fixed.
- A Problem with mounting iPods over FireWire was fixed.
- A data corruption problem in the megaraid driver was fixed.
- A pageattr overflow condition in the memory subsystem
and missing TLB flush if multiple pages were passed were fixed.
- Allow reading from zeropage with O_DIRECT/rawio.
- Do not restart the system on ACPI events after power down.
(Make it no longer start on opening the lid of just shutdown
laptops for instance.)
- New memory imbalance handling handling by Andrea leading
to better Out Of Memory (OOM) handling was added.
2) solution/workaround
Please install the fixed packages, there is no workaround.
3) special instructions and notes
SPECIAL INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:
==============================
The following paragraphs will guide you through the installation
process in a step-by-step fashion. The character sequence "****"
marks the beginning of a new paragraph. In some cases, the steps
outlined in a particular paragraph may or may not be applicable
to your situation.
Therefore, please make sure to read through all of the steps below
before attempting any of these procedures.
All of the commands that need to be executed are required to be
run as the superuser (root). Each step relies on the steps before
it to complete successfully.
**** Step 1: Determine the needed kernel type
Please use the following command to find the kernel type that is
installed on your system:
rpm -qf /boot/vmlinuz
Following are the possible kernel types (disregard the version and
build number following the name separated by the "-" character)
k_deflt # default kernel, good for most systems.
k_i386 # kernel for older processors and chip sets
k_athlon # kernel made specifically for AMD Athlon(tm) family processors
k_psmp # kernel for Pentium-I dual processor systems
k_smp # kernel for SMP systems (Pentium-II and above)
k_smp4G # kernel for SMP systems which supports a maximum of 4G of RAM
kernel-64k-pagesize
kernel-bigsmp
kernel-default
kernel-smp
**** Step 2: Download the package for your system
Please download the kernel RPM package for your distribution with the
name as indicated by Step 1. The list of all kernel rpm packages is
appended below. Note: The kernel-source package does not
contain a binary kernel in bootable form. Instead, it contains the
sources that the binary kernel rpm packages are created from. It can be
used by administrators who have decided to build their own kernel.
Since the kernel-source.rpm is an installable (compiled) package that
contains sources for the linux kernel, it is not the source RPM for
the kernel RPM binary packages.
The kernel RPM binary packages for the distributions can be found at the
locations below ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/.
8.1/rpm/i586
8.2/rpm/i586
9.0/rpm/i586
9.1/rpm/i586
9.2/rpm/i586
After downloading the kernel RPM package for your system, you should
verify the authenticity of the kernel rpm package using the methods as
listed in section 3) of each SUSE Security Announcement.
**** Step 3: Installing your kernel rpm package
Install the rpm package that you have downloaded in Steps 3 or 4 with
the command
rpm -Uhv --nodeps --force
where is the name of the rpm package that you downloaded.
Warning: After performing this step, your system will likely not be
able to boot if the following steps have not been fully
followed.
If you run SUSE LINUX 8.1 and haven't applied the kernel update
(SUSE-SA:2003:034), AND you are using the freeswan package, you also
need to update the freeswan rpm as a dependency as offered
by YOU (YaST Online Update). The package can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/
**** Step 4: configuring and creating the initrd
The initrd is a ramdisk that is loaded into the memory of your
system together with the kernel boot image by the bootloader. The
kernel uses the content of this ramdisk to execute commands that must
be run before the kernel can mount its actual root filesystem. It is
usually used to initialize SCSI drivers or NIC drivers for diskless
operation.
The variable INITRD_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/kernel determines
which kernel modules will be loaded in the initrd before the kernel
has mounted its actual root filesystem. The variable should contain
your SCSI adapter (if any) or filesystem driver modules.
With the installation of the new kernel, the initrd has to be
re-packed with the update kernel modules. Please run the command
mk_initrd
as root to create a new init ramdisk (initrd) for your system.
On SuSE Linux 8.1 and later, this is done automatically when the
RPM is installed.
**** Step 5: bootloader
If you run a SUSE LINUX 8.x, SLES8, or SUSE LINUX 9.x system, there
are two options:
Depending on your software configuration, you have either the lilo
bootloader or the grub bootloader installed and initialized on your
system.
The grub bootloader does not require any further actions to be
performed after the new kernel images have been moved in place by the
rpm Update command.
If you have a lilo bootloader installed and initialized, then the lilo
program must be run as root. Use the command
grep LOADER_TYPE /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
to find out which boot loader is configured. If it is lilo, then you
must run the lilo command as root. If grub is listed, then your system
does not require any bootloader initialization.
Warning: An improperly installed bootloader may render your system
unbootable.
**** Step 6: reboot
If all of the steps above have been successfully completed on your
system, then the new kernel including the kernel modules and the
initrd should be ready to boot. The system needs to be rebooted for
the changes to become active. Please make sure that all steps have
completed, then reboot using the command
shutdown -r now
or
init 6
Your system should now shut down and reboot with the new kernel.
4) package location and checksums
Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its
integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command "rpm -Fhv file.rpm" to apply
the update.
Our maintenance customers are being notified individually. The packages
are being offered to install from the maintenance web.
x86 Platform:
SUSE Linux 9.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
8dc5b70f5fdef7c0437372d2811bcb02
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
134c37732850c86ef872c97171c81ede
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
f552ef1f49675a4e8dc8f71ad7829ed1
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
ea2be2b3152a5b6d362636cc29534007
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
f5af05e9e7ec387fe1ce755b8f53a022
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
94e01d31f7cdda2a2ae00377613ad625
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
f3437bd22be65df11df36b9722f15fa7
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-kernel-2.6.8-24.8.i586.rpm
772e6200300a11d137383e51486cd159
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-48.3.i586.rpm
00eba31f6adc46309c4be34ddd477d1a
patch rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-kernel-2.6.8-24.8.i586.patch.rpm
00d6b04af9b54eaff147d7267d66ae08
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-48.3.i586.patch.rpm
2de74bf6f185d1c732412945147c4914
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.8.src.rpm
bc9e4a08ba429884716d9e1768ca7391
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
0cbc4714154be7df7a18fda4c5ca595b
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
451d4c51a5d4083b4e663913bb53e622
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
292bc1aab35f113099765e01f5c87b8e
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
0cbc4714154be7df7a18fda4c5ca595b
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
451d4c51a5d4083b4e663913bb53e622
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
292bc1aab35f113099765e01f5c87b8e
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-um-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
32aeaea2ff952d83cfd2cf94b1358d33
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-48.3.src.rpm
bc079272affb6c4a444ff0eed5668c58
SUSE Linux 9.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.111.19.i586.rpm
b5905fea74dd7c6b43896506c28a23d7
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.111.19.i586.rpm
35fd6f0047d3666f6402b07175c69ce2
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.111.19.i586.rpm
0a41cb4c8a9325b15ffee9407af62e08
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.5-7.111.19.i586.rpm
4cc0c401f76b7d5109dfbd7e2775c83f
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.111.19.src.rpm
cbfd74fdb9bb2c9017f281a7ffe3ea0c
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.111.19.nosrc.rpm
11708c86166aff33fe48157d998139a3
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.111.19.nosrc.rpm
5989481ab5506a2a8ee539b172fd3a3e
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.5-7.111.19.nosrc.rpm
25e8246b9d18d6bac0087ccd16012c8b
SUSE Linux 9.0:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
3fabe8709c6f108985e6db14d8eddd68
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
d7d5f9d018ed62aa4785046128509de7
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
151eec47b73e0aab0376a8d4dd108607
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/i586/k_athlon-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
ea1f74c173b2fac8bc5a335de2304e3f
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
06dea7c190f66312cee81b9d59f6b968
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
63b4cdc0ef1549057931da01b3ebc1a3
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
1636bcd52054dd60493def485fa00576
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_athlon-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
0f2ab3b06dc3be82a31317cece16ad7b
SUSE Linux 8.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.4.20.SuSE-127.i586.rpm
1baebbe7215434dec73aeaec61b68579
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.20-127.i586.rpm
500299c75a582d4ac4fb9d9d56e6ce9d
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.20-127.i586.rpm
6cee78e7216c8fa9b07a5b78c7a0b774
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_athlon-2.4.20-127.i586.rpm
e15fe145d9d62977f89f3647d43d6692
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/i586/k_psmp-2.4.20-127.i586.rpm
a88e3cd46a56f49f4846d151a05d4430
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.20.SuSE-127.src.rpm
bd4ba934e3ce4dec888fcaf26e5dec38
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.20-127.src.rpm
c1e43e827b7d2db8d0a189daf33c3eee
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.20-127.src.rpm
3871dac3965594d5e368fd91f56f07cb
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_athlon-2.4.20-127.src.rpm
74d66b02ab0cadb0cc6709068f30e7e5
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.2/rpm/src/k_psmp-2.4.20-127.src.rpm
318b66cbf216317af917bc8e7cc28fea
SUSE Linux 8.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
496f775186fb745b86e7545e9f13e7bd
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
174fd559a0378e35aa11fb2d93a2684b
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_smp-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
add6505218c8f6929d79305ee7343727
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_athlon-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
3cc4344755df9721d20d717a0ff2ecc4
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/k_psmp-2.4.21-266.i586.rpm
a2b0cb0c0181f4dc5a072e21789dc585
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
40d6ed2f4c77f2225bed7a5dd7f8e346
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
70e9a1131849f3d98c8d5009915abb52
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
b7eb4f46bd06cab9aa1ad7c97264c96c
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_athlon-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
66879d8b6ffff23e44895bbfa6c1c644
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/src/k_psmp-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
ade3afd2816ba005650b82de9dc1da7b
x86-64 Platform:
SUSE Linux 9.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.8.x86_64.rpm
dca3907a9c0e31ea7fd3cb13f6d7a2c7
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.x86_64.rpm
22d4f74fe29eae1acb8a4dacbed16c26
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.x86_64.rpm
b38935409955a9f7e427532f1a9a110e
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.x86_64.rpm
a4196f62b128a4d59106b6e4fb91a89d
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.8.x86_64.rpm
7ab6d19efe01324674c3ff0f06740d99
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.8.src.rpm
bc9e4a08ba429884716d9e1768ca7391
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
0cbc4714154be7df7a18fda4c5ca595b
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
451d4c51a5d4083b4e663913bb53e622
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
0cbc4714154be7df7a18fda4c5ca595b
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.8.nosrc.rpm
451d4c51a5d4083b4e663913bb53e622
SUSE Linux 9.1:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.111.19.x86_64.rpm
9eaf681cb5ce3d0bca96dc93c2cbbe4d
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.111.19.x86_64.rpm
1be1de01f36069168846ca611a9c493a
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.111.19.x86_64.rpm
905182441a3e0dfc19d241249f0bcd43
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.5-7.111.19.src.rpm
07caa57a7b036cc4e22f73744f0378f3
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.5-7.111.19.nosrc.rpm
15b023f310014e3327dde1a0bcf746c1
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.1/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.111.19.nosrc.rpm
10c39d732cbafaeabb21f64aab518602
SUSE Linux 9.0:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.x86_64.rpm
981d7abbc9dd7774c724a3aec2508db1
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.x86_64.rpm
47e4ec4f93d49abc0459a058526c1fb6
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_smp-2.4.21-266.x86_64.rpm
03b0c0787d0a818634b11d4bbc533a38
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/x86_64/k_numa-2.4.21-149.x86_64.rpm
8877a1ca2ea3cb393aa96be727ca362e
source rpm(s):
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
326f9c08d5f92ccc3bca476977b745d6
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_deflt-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
ab01bf0aa3117ce642cc2eedebbba41b
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_smp-2.4.21-266.src.rpm
714b10cc3466776599cab8237223165f
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.0/rpm/src/k_numa-2.4.21-149.src.rpm
52c705df37ed9e44bb2943af318d8500
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5) Pending vulnerabilities in SUSE Distributions and Workarounds:
Please see our Security Summary Report.
- problem with smbfs in the previous kernel update
We received reports of smbfs being broken by our last kernel
update (released on Dec 1st, SUSE-SA:2004:042).
This apparently only affects the smbfs filesystem on 2.6 kernels,
so SUSE Linux 9.1, 9.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and Novell
Linux Desktop 9.
This problem is unfortunately not yet fixed in this security
update, we will be releasing fixed packages in the begin of next
year.
As workaround please change to use the cifs filesystem if
possible, which replaces smbfs in the 2.6 kernel series.
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6) standard appendix: authenticity verification, additional information
- Package authenticity verification:
SUSE update packages are available on many mirror ftp servers all over
the world. While this service is being considered valuable and important
to the free and open source software community, many users wish to be
sure about the origin of the package and its content before installing
the package. There are two verification methods that can be used
independently from each other to prove the authenticity of a downloaded
file or rpm package:
1) md5sums as provided in the (cryptographically signed) announcement.
2) using the internal gpg signatures of the rpm package.
1) execute the command
md5sum
after you downloaded the file from a SUSE ftp server or its mirrors.
Then, compare the resulting md5sum with the one that is listed in the
announcement. Since the announcement containing the checksums is
cryptographically signed (usually using the key security-at-suse.de),
the checksums show proof of the authenticity of the package.
We disrecommend to subscribe to security lists which cause the
email message containing the announcement to be modified so that
the signature does not match after transport through the mailing
list software.
Downsides: You must be able to verify the authenticity of the
announcement in the first place. If RPM packages are being rebuilt
and a new version of a package is published on the ftp server, all
md5 sums for the files are useless.
2) rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the authenticity
of an rpm package. Use the command
rpm -v --checksig
to verify the signature of the package, where is the
filename of the rpm package that you have downloaded. Of course,
package authenticity verification can only target an un-installed rpm
package file.
Prerequisites:
a) gpg is installed
b) The package is signed using a certain key. The public part of this
key must be installed by the gpg program in the directory
~/.gnupg/ under the user's home directory who performs the
signature verification (usually root). You can import the key
that is used by SUSE in rpm packages for SUSE Linux by saving
this announcement to a file ("announcement.txt") and
running the command (do "su -" to be root):
gpg --batch; gpg < announcement.txt | gpg --import
SUSE Linux distributions version 7.1 and thereafter install the
key "build-at-suse.de" upon installation or upgrade, provided that
the package gpg is installed. The file containing the public key
is placed at the top-level directory of the first CD (pubring.gpg)
and at ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/pubring.gpg-build.suse.de .
- SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may
subscribe:
suse-security-at-suse.com
- general/linux/SUSE security discussion.
All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list.
To subscribe, send an email to
.
suse-security-announce-at-suse.com
- SUSE's announce-only mailing list.
Only SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list.
To subscribe, send an email to
.
For general information or the frequently asked questions (FAQ)
send mail to:
or
respectively.
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SUSE's security contact is or .
The public key is listed below.
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The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced,
provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. In particular,
it is desired that the clear-text signature shows proof of the
authenticity of the text.
SUSE Linux AG makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect
to the information contained in this security advisory.
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