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[TL-Security-Announce] traceroute TLSA2000023-1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Beyer)
Tue Oct 17 16:38:05 2000
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:42:47 -0700
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From: Kevin Beyer <kbeyer@TURBOLINUX.COM>
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___________________________________________________________________________
TurboLinux Security Announcement
Package: traceroute-1.4a5 and earlier
Date: Tuesday October 17 11:30 PDT 2000
Affected TurboLinux versions: 6.0.5 and earlier
TurboLinux Advisory ID#: TLSA2000023-1
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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update the package in your installation as soon as possible.
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1. Problem Summary
There is a bug in the traceroute command that can possibly be use
by local users to obtain super user privilege. It is suggested
to upgrade your traceroute to the version provided.
2. Impact
Possibility for regular user gaining root access on a machine.
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3. Solution
Update the package from our ftp server by running the following command:
rpm -Uvh --nodeps --Force ftp_path_to_filename
Where ftp_path_to_filename is the following:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/traceroute-1.4a7-2.i386.rpm
The source RPM can be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/SRPMS/traceroute-1.4a7-2.src.rpm
**Note: You must rebuild and install the RPM if you choose to download
and install the SRPM. Simply installing the SRPM alone WILL NOT CLOSE
THE SECURITY HOLE.
Please verify the MD5 checksums of the updates before you install:
MD5 sum Package Name
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1cf930da2a35d76ed3a9f76040a8a925 traceroute-1.4a7-2.i386.rpm
71f10681bdb18840b8432ab890ff4280 traceroute-1.4a7-2.src.rpm
___________________________________________________________________________
These packages are GPG signed by Turbolinux for security. Our key
is available here:
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/tlgpgkey.asc
To verify a package, use the following command:
rpm --checksig name_of_rpm
To examine only the md5sum, use the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg name_of_rpm=20
**Note: Checking GPG keys requires RPM 3.0 or higher.
___________________________________________________________________________
You can find more updates on our ftp server:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/ for TL6.0 Workstation
and Server security updates
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/4.0/security/ for TL4.0 Workstation
and Server security updates
Our webpage for security announcements:
http://www.turbolinux.com/security
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact:
rt-security@turbolinux.com
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