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Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:36:06 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team <security@linux-mandrake.com>
To: Linux Mandrake Security Announcements <security-announce@linux-mandrake.com>
Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:071-1 - modutils update
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Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
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Package name: modutils
Date: November 23rd, 2000
Original Advisory Date: November 16th, 2000
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:071-1
Affected versions: 7.1, 7.2
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Problem Description:
All 2.3.x versions of modutils (since March 12 1999) contain a
vulnerability that can lead to a local root compromise. The modprobe
program uses popen() to execute the "echo" program argumented with
user input. Because popen() relies on /bin/sh to parse the command
string and execute "echo", un-escaped shell meta-characters can be
included in user input to execute commands. Although modprobe is not
installed setuid root, this vulnerability can be exploited to gain root
access provided the target system is using kmod. Kmod is a kernel
facility that automatically executes the program modprobe when a module
is requested via request_module(). One program that can take advantage
of this vulnerability is ping. When a device is specified at the
command line that doesn't exist, request_module is called with the
user-supplied arguments passed to the kernel. The kernel then takes
the arguments and executes modprobe with them. Arbitrary commands
included in the argument for module name (device name to ping) are then
executed when popen() is called as root.
A new version of modutils (2.3.20) has been released that fixes this
particular vulnerability. modutils still supports meta expansion,
including back quoted commands, but only for data read from the
configuration file. This assumes that when modutils is run as root
out of the kernel, normal users cannot specify their own configuration
files.
Update:
The previous version of modutils (2.3.20) contained an error in the
new safe guards that caused them to not properly be enabled when run
as root from the kmod process. These new safe guards check the
arguments passed to modules. The 2.3.21 modutils package fixes this
error and correctly checks the arguments when running from kmod,
limiting kernel module arguments to those specified in
/etc/conf.modules (Linux-Mandrake 7.1) or /etc/modules.conf
(Linux-Mandrake 7.2).
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Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to upgrading to
ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this by
running the md5sum program on the downloaded package by using
"md5sum package.rpm".
Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
75dd47e569d7ab2c92d90f5287c31701 7.1/RPMS/modutils-2.3.21-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
0c722ca0610cb30fc53c3a15052788d6 7.1/SRPMS/modutils-2.3.21-1.2mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
bd41dc31c12162fa35a46e72720c917b 7.2/RPMS/modutils-2.3.21-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
0f06619f247ed7616a773fffa30e707a 7.2/SRPMS/modutils-2.3.21-1.1mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically, use « MandrakeUpdate ».
If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one
of our FTP server mirrors and uprade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm".
You can download the updates directly from one of the mirror sites
listed at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3.
Updated packages are available in the "updates/[ver]/RPMS/" directory.
For example, if you are looking for an updated RPM package for
Linux-Mandrake 7.2, look for it in "updates/7.2/RPMS/". Updated source
RPMs are available as well, but you generally do not need to download
them.
Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update, so if you want an immediate upgrade, please use one of the two
above-listed mirrors.
You can view other security advisories for Linux-Mandrake at:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact
security@linux-mandrake.com
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