-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated lftp packages fix security vulnerability Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:403-01 Issue date: 2003-12-16 Updated on: 2003-12-16 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: Cross references: Obsoletes: CVE Names: CAN-2003-0963 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated lftp packages are now available that fix a buffer overflow security vulnerability. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 3. Problem description: lftp is a command-line file transfer program supporting FTP and HTTP protocols. Ulf Härnhammar discovered a buffer overflow bug in versions of lftp up to and including 2.6.9. An attacker could create a carefully crafted directory on a website such that, if a user connects to that directory using the lftp client and subsequently issues a 'ls' or 'rels' command, the attacker could execute arbitrary code on the users machine. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2003-0963 to this issue. Users of lftp are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported security patch and are not vulnerable to this issue. Red Hat would like to thank Ulf Härnhammar for discovering and alerting us to 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. If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website: https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt 5. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.4.9-2.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/lftp-2.4.9-2.i386.rpm ia64: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/lftp-2.4.9-2.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.4.9-2.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/lftp-2.4.9-2.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.5.2-6.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/lftp-2.5.2-6.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 9: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.6.3-4.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/lftp-2.6.3-4.i386.rpm 6. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- fc135158bb815852827c057342a163ae 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.4.9-2.src.rpm a9e10adf4c53f444ae4c628c082ac45d 7.2/en/os/i386/lftp-2.4.9-2.i386.rpm 429b62e868da2b23d6f55ee9fe922687 7.2/en/os/ia64/lftp-2.4.9-2.ia64.rpm fc135158bb815852827c057342a163ae 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.4.9-2.src.rpm a9e10adf4c53f444ae4c628c082ac45d 7.3/en/os/i386/lftp-2.4.9-2.i386.rpm b62685fd9517fb489418165afd78fd76 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.5.2-6.src.rpm 9ba7d379882bdebcca3fdfb86a153ffe 8.0/en/os/i386/lftp-2.5.2-6.i386.rpm a4ef0a84493aa570bc7625904bc42c18 9/en/os/SRPMS/lftp-2.6.3-4.src.rpm 7bee4629496d2085856c103927470c28 9/en/os/i386/lftp-2.6.3-4.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from https://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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0963 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/3xFNXlSAg2UNWIIRAuuKAKDCjimvt3LoJQJlgaadl+Bal/xO1QCeItfh DkoUrvPBcLHwxFHG4vbKe2k= =Z3q2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-watch-list mailing list To unsubscribe, visit: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list