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Date:         Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:52:45 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@WIREX.COM>
Subject:      Immunix OS Security update for kernel
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM

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	Immunix OS Security Advisory

Packages updated:	kernel
Effected products:	Immunix OS 6.2 and 7.0-beta
Bugs Fixed:		immunix/1324
Date:			February 8, 2001
Advisory ID:		IMNX-2001-70-002-01
Author:			Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@wirex.com>
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Description:
  Chris Evans has discovered a security problem in the kernel select()
  call that can lead to information leakage in the kernel.  There has
  also been discovered a race condition that could allow an attacker to
  attach to a setuid process using ptrace, which would then allow them
  to modify that process.

  Packages have been created and released for Immunix 6.2 and 7.0-beta
  to fix these problems.

  Many thanks to Chris Evans for finding and reporting this problem and
  to Solar Designer for creating a patch to solve the ptrace problem.


Package names and locations:

  Precompiled binary packages for Immunix 6.2 are available at:
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i586.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i686.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm 
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-enterprise-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i686.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm      
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm      
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i586.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i686.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm

  Source package for Immunix 6.2 is available at:
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.src.rpm

  Precompiled binary packages for Immunix 7.0-beta are available at:
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i586.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i686.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm   
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-enterprise-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i686.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm      
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm      
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i586.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i686.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  
  Source package for Immunix 7.0-beta is available at:
    http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.src.rpm


md5sums of the packages:
  df5dbb74a15c613fe64318e536de1e66  kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  8bbf749f8395bd4d0bd0ea926a265808  kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i586.rpm
  3dc63a20cfe7170474613e9327ad2675  kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i686.rpm
  0ef1d08dccec22c90ac18ad132464e4c  kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  f0654f27046912077430f9b1fed57d60  kernel-doc-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  15d1d1c683f973faebaa8ba829780294  kernel-enterprise-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i686.rpm
  f9357a873caf90f046ef76340790f87b  kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  6808ea183ea542320c22bd2f72265256  kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  41f7a17a04c657675c14adaf009aba65  kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  2fb7856e837ef0a594d16f78a0cc7ab3  kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i586.rpm
  bfde5df73f35c86753527fa4ba6bd33c  kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i686.rpm
  79c99ff6a9c622c61bc1d3df4810de95  kernel-source-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  6c2e3883c4cdf7933cbf718a087e867e  kernel-utils-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  76297ed4c9573e54e991b8f1b500b9c8  kernel-2.2.16-22_6.x_imnx_17.src.rpm

  0816d4f1a4abe8dbd846e5ee0c61a1cb  kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  6425f6dd92945fd3d85833a3fffc331b  kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i586.rpm
  d5bdc98964ae349533b00c289eeab254  kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i686.rpm
  564d13e8011f94c6c43d6e6ddd4e6e0c  kernel-BOOT-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  c00d7628f26e3f5c562cf734a08d8af4  kernel-doc-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  6ec7422ca74e198b644642ae2f038ccd  kernel-enterprise-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i686.rpm
  11484bad82b5f53ce482985203d4d2b0  kernel-ibcs-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  a6b8d80fbf01525be7c243bf83c7e9f8  kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  015f1da64940e0a8ef436412990ad817  kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  c1707351a66d7d48c04f00a3078ff956  kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i586.rpm
  744917b6dbc99e31adb6d60452045b90  kernel-smp-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i686.rpm
  223fbcae699730aae461ce87528b00d4  kernel-source-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  7a477544650ff1725b78f7badfa029ef  kernel-utils-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.i386.rpm
  f89f3d7842020ac5c260e1160f1ebbcd  kernel-2.2.16-22_imnx_17.src.rpm


Online version of all Immunix 6.2 updates and advisories:
  http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/

Online version of all Immunix 7.0-beta updates and advisories:
  http://immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0-beta/updates/

NOTE:
  Ibiblio is graciously mirroring our updates, so if the links above are
  slow, please try:
    ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/immunix/
  or one of the many mirrors available at:
    http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html


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