-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] cvs (SSA:2004-140-01) New cvs packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow an attacker to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0396 Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Wed May 19 14:16:32 PDT 2004 patches/packages/cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to cvs-1.11.16. From the NEWS file: A potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the server has been fixed. Prior to this patch, a malicious client could potentially use carefully crafted server requests to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server machine. For more details, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0396 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/cvs-1.11.16-i386-1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/cvs-1.11.16-i386-1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 331f90ce4d283fb21fb83b5367931a46 cvs-1.11.16-i386-1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 26d5ccf024151d8738abd0c62e78a6ac cvs-1.11.16-i386-1.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: a65697b36eae4b10c7418eea2c3f0c0e cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz Slackware -current package: dc3175ea975873d4e18fcc250e5dba2b cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ First, shut down the cvs server if you are running one. Then, upgrade the package: # upgradepkg cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz Finally, restart the CVS server. +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@xxxxxxxxxxxxx +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAq8+6akRjwEAQIjMRAuu4AJ9pLdtWsZ+pN8Tye4e62INYEuuj3wCeJU2e syeNDnxboXP9YtFQ8iS3uvU= =bb/l -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
