-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated semi packages fix vulnerability Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:234-01 Issue date: 2003-07-23 Updated on: 2003-07-23 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: Cross references: Obsoletes: CVE Names: CAN-2003-0440 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated semi packages that fix vulnerabilities in semi's temporary file handling are now available for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.1 - noarch Red Hat Linux 7.1 for iSeries (64 bit) - noarch Red Hat Linux 7.1 for pSeries (64 bit) - noarch Red Hat Linux 7.2 - noarch Red Hat Linux 7.3 - noarch Red Hat Linux 8.0 - noarch Red Hat Linux 9 - noarch 3. Problem description: semi is a MIME library for GNU Emacs and XEmacs used by the wl mail package. A vulnerability in semi version 1.14.3 and earlier allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files with potentially arbitrary contents using the privileges of the user running Emacs and semi. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0440 to this issue. Users of semi are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch correcting this issue. 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/semi-1.13.7-10.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/noarch/semi-1.13.7-10.noarch.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.1 for iSeries (64 bit): SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/iSeries/SRPMS/semi-1.13.7-10.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/iSeries/noarch/semi-1.13.7-10.noarch.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.1 for pSeries (64 bit): SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/pSeries/SRPMS/semi-1.13.7-10.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/pSeries/noarch/semi-1.13.7-10.noarch.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/semi-1.14.3-8.72.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/noarch/semi-1.14.3-8.72.noarch.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/noarch/semi-xemacs-1.14.3-8.72.noarch.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/semi-1.14.3-15.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/noarch/semi-1.14.3-15.noarch.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/noarch/semi-xemacs-1.14.3-15.noarch.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/wl-2.8.1-9.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/noarch/wl-2.8.1-9.noarch.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/noarch/wl-common-2.8.1-9.noarch.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/noarch/wl-xemacs-2.8.1-9.noarch.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/wl-2.10.1-1.1.src.rpm noarch: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/noarch/wl-2.10.1-1.1.noarch.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/noarch/wl-common-2.10.1-1.1.noarch.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/noarch/wl-xemacs-2.10.1-1.1.noarch.rpm 6. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 442949226f8868df1a9350d8cc4cd1d6 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/semi-1.13.7-10.src.rpm e042ec88e785f8b376b454cdfd192707 7.1/en/os/noarch/semi-1.13.7-10.noarch.rpm 442949226f8868df1a9350d8cc4cd1d6 7.1/en/os/iSeries/SRPMS/semi-1.13.7-10.src.rpm e042ec88e785f8b376b454cdfd192707 7.1/en/os/iSeries/noarch/semi-1.13.7-10.noarch.rpm 442949226f8868df1a9350d8cc4cd1d6 7.1/en/os/pSeries/SRPMS/semi-1.13.7-10.src.rpm e042ec88e785f8b376b454cdfd192707 7.1/en/os/pSeries/noarch/semi-1.13.7-10.noarch.rpm da8628629ed020b2bc9e06abf1524af3 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/semi-1.14.3-8.72.src.rpm c1e66bb252d95a81f63b0098ecdb5f83 7.2/en/os/noarch/semi-1.14.3-8.72.noarch.rpm 7653ba36b625f4f786e39573be802dfa 7.2/en/os/noarch/semi-xemacs-1.14.3-8.72.noarch.rpm 729f691aea3136030a34ebd1eadb9c23 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/semi-1.14.3-15.src.rpm 3c28749f6c99fc6d50f79fead6b8187b 7.3/en/os/noarch/semi-1.14.3-15.noarch.rpm b95c368e446ceda1e96a7ea747944cf5 7.3/en/os/noarch/semi-xemacs-1.14.3-15.noarch.rpm f085d6869ce59765fa72da26cec6b1f2 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/wl-2.8.1-9.src.rpm 84834aecf01ec7f0d7ce3ce9be830f64 8.0/en/os/noarch/wl-2.8.1-9.noarch.rpm 8e6719831cb4f5a68c92f497a61a414c 8.0/en/os/noarch/wl-common-2.8.1-9.noarch.rpm 6ff8d828af3407e6e7000f2b8d787f82 8.0/en/os/noarch/wl-xemacs-2.8.1-9.noarch.rpm 3f2c94d3cc527ec7e54532931eb524b3 9/en/os/SRPMS/wl-2.10.1-1.1.src.rpm b9fe8fb05a04fffa558a7e656746e603 9/en/os/noarch/wl-2.10.1-1.1.noarch.rpm d1f67f532368aba67910fb4ce7f7042d 9/en/os/noarch/wl-common-2.10.1-1.1.noarch.rpm 7122676e3a598eb8bb003e9d6c1ac3b6 9/en/os/noarch/wl-xemacs-2.10.1-1.1.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from http://www.redhat.com/security/keys.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://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-339 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0440 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Hrj5XlSAg2UNWIIRAiBBAKCg2qPOOIxOXUUBDavIiGS/9jpu3wCcDFhS kBM1EGNQpZ88k32cHNGeM+8= =yGAB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-watch-list mailing list To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list