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[linux-security] Re: Linux GNOME exploit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chmouel Boudjnah)
Tue Sep 28 02:09:54 1999
To: Brock Tellier <btellier@WEBLEY.COM>
Cc: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM, Fun List <fun@linux-mandrake.com>,
gnome-devel-list@gnome.org, security@linux-mandrake.com,
linux-security@redhat.com
From: Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel@mandrakesoft.com>
Date: 28 Sep 1999 06:47:45 +0200
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Brock Tellier <btellier@WEBLEY.COM> writes:
> Virtually any program using the GNOME libraries is vulnerable to a
> buffer overflow attack. The attack comes in the form:
>
> /path/to/gnome/prog --enable-sound --espeaker=$80bytebuffer
> The following exploit should work against any GNOME program, though I
> tried it on (the irony) /usr/games/nethack, which is SGID root by default
> on RH6.0. An attack on any program will look something like this:
>
> [xnec@redhack gnox]$ uname -a; cat /etc/redhat-release; id
> Linux redhack 2.2.9-19mdk #1 Wed May 19 19:53:00 GMT 1999 i686 unknown
> Linux Mandrake release 6.0 (Venus)
Humm it's not a RedHat bugs but a Mandrake one.
The fixed package is available from our updates mirror, see :
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3
or launch MandrakeUpdate.
Nota the security is only with 6.0 version, since 6.1 the package was
removed.
We advice to remove completely the package from your system if you are
maniac of security (and who aren't ?).
--
MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
--Chmouel
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