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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0737 -- [RedHat] Low: coreutils security update 25 July 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: coreutils Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Linux 4 Impact: Inappropriate Access Access: Existing Account CVE Names: CVE-2008-1946 Original Bulletin: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0780.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: coreutils security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0780-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0780.html Issue date: 2008-07-24 CVE Names: CVE-2008-1946 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated coreutils packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: The coreutils package contains the core GNU utilities. It is the combination of the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages. The coreutils packages were found to not use the pam_succeed_if Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) correctly in the configuration file for the "su" command. Any local user could use this command to change to a locked or expired user account if the target account's password was known to the user running "su". These updated packages, correctly, only allow the root user to switch to locked or expired accounts using "su". (CVE-2008-1946) All users of coreutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolve this issue. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 446488 - CVE-2008-1946 /etc/pam.d/su is wrong in RHEL-4.6 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm i386: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm ia64: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm ppc: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ppc.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ppc.rpm s390: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.s390.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.s390.rpm s390x: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.s390x.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.s390x.rpm x86_64: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm i386: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm x86_64: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm i386: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm ia64: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.src.rpm i386: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.i386.rpm ia64: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.ia64.rpm x86_64: coreutils-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm coreutils-debuginfo-5.2.1-31.8.el4.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1946 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIiLyaXlSAg2UNWIIRAhh8AJ9Wuw80v98jb+69XYHy4oUIROOlNACgwbej +qu+astcueAWaG9oCMHMC84= =ecVb - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. 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