--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated Canna packages fix vulnerabilities Advisory ID: RHSA-2002:246-18 Issue date: 2002-12-10 Updated on: 2002-12-04 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: flaw:buf flaw:dos-malform Cross references: Obsoletes: CVE Names: CAN-2002-1158 CAN-2002-1159 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: The Canna server, used for Japanese character input, has two security vulnerabilities including an exploitable buffer overrun allowing a local user to gain 'bin' user privileges. Updated packages for Red Hat Linux are available. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.1 - alpha, i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 3. Problem description: Canna is a kana-kanji conversion server which is necessary for Japanese language character input. A buffer overflow bug in the Canna server up to and including version 3.5b2 allows a local user to gain the privileges of the user 'bin' which could lead to further exploits. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2002-1158 to this issue. A lack of validation of requests has been found that affects Canna version 3.6 and earlier. A malicious remote user could exploit this vulnerability to leak information, or cause a denial of service attack. (CAN-2002-1159) Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0 ship with a Canna package vulnerable to these issues; however, the package is normally only installed when Japanese language support is selected during installation. All users of Canna are advised to upgrade to these errata packages which contain a backported security fix and are not vulnerable to this issue. Red Hat would like to thank hsj and AIDA Shinra for the responsible disclosure of these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.src.rpm alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/alpha/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/alpha/Canna-devel-3.5b2-42.7.1.alpha.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/alpha/Canna-libs-3.5b2-42.7.1.alpha.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-42.7.1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-42.7.1.i386.rpm ia64: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/ia64/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/ia64/Canna-devel-3.5b2-42.7.1.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/ia64/Canna-libs-3.5b2-42.7.1.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-50.7.2.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-50.7.2.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-50.7.2.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-50.7.2.i386.rpm ia64: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/Canna-3.5b2-50.7.2.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/Canna-devel-3.5b2-50.7.2.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/Canna-libs-3.5b2-50.7.2.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-62.7.3.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-62.7.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-62.7.3.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-62.7.3.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.i386.rpm 6. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64918a96baadf160a39ab69d181873a1 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.src.rpm e05db6df9c005d54e339d52a24fea16c 7.1/en/os/alpha/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.alpha.rpm 7fef35d1254f1502bb4b8c2b0fb12b14 7.1/en/os/alpha/Canna-devel-3.5b2-42.7.1.alpha.rpm 667524bea77fa4965c53023d784c9e62 7.1/en/os/alpha/Canna-libs-3.5b2-42.7.1.alpha.rpm 20b1224527f50242713cf4b65c61e639 7.1/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.i386.rpm e5b92ea118f3459ae8fac8ba11bf85d7 7.1/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-42.7.1.i386.rpm 5c43a46ccf5fb34660d1b5c3194b8586 7.1/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-42.7.1.i386.rpm e67dc55b400e9d375a2370a800b08108 7.1/en/os/ia64/Canna-3.5b2-42.7.1.ia64.rpm 597a62b098378cb5866ebe2c660e6727 7.1/en/os/ia64/Canna-devel-3.5b2-42.7.1.ia64.rpm 15ec98018b4cd74789bd3c731cf1619c 7.1/en/os/ia64/Canna-libs-3.5b2-42.7.1.ia64.rpm 2a1ea81d34ad09f3465034178feef85f 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-50.7.2.src.rpm d74c4ac9644ae93572f75e45f43f509c 7.2/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-50.7.2.i386.rpm a6013cd21389fc8ad942f6f91b699d4a 7.2/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-50.7.2.i386.rpm 89e08e149706012ed225cc6bf3bb9956 7.2/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-50.7.2.i386.rpm 9396ca437442d715f099c1092da2d560 7.2/en/os/ia64/Canna-3.5b2-50.7.2.ia64.rpm 029f9d01a2e0cccaa258271638f7b1aa 7.2/en/os/ia64/Canna-devel-3.5b2-50.7.2.ia64.rpm 09780967d122a75ab40ca3625f4c6c4d 7.2/en/os/ia64/Canna-libs-3.5b2-50.7.2.ia64.rpm f8b1a676c1b65690d1802e34bd1d4444 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-62.7.3.src.rpm 3e0fc1f12ad366b802bddbd6958218a8 7.3/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-62.7.3.i386.rpm 97d744e904f7ecc37d1b86e5df338a77 7.3/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-62.7.3.i386.rpm 0356e982e4e043992f694430fabbab81 7.3/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-62.7.3.i386.rpm eecd0839f914bac15e458933c8831cf7 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/Canna-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.src.rpm 72ffd082d58f626105317c7ddc224fc0 8.0/en/os/i386/Canna-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.i386.rpm 6539144bcf78e6cabf03df9d60b0ed9b 8.0/en/os/i386/Canna-devel-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.i386.rpm 8b3cebc96837ece1ddccb3cc7112b8bd 8.0/en/os/i386/Canna-libs-3.5b2-70.8.0.1.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/pgpkey.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename> 7. References: http://canna.sourceforge.jp/sec/Canna-2002-01.txt http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1158 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-1159 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <security@redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html Copyright(c) 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ Redhat-watch-list mailing list To unsubscribe, visit: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list