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From: Caldera Support Information <sup-info@mazama.calderasystems.com>
To: announce@lists.caldera.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com,
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Subject: Security Update: [CSSA-2001-018.0] samba /tmp problems
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 15:43:45 -0600
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Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory
Subject: samba /tmp problems
Advisory number: CSSA-2001-018.0
Issue date: 2001 May, 18
Cross reference: CSSA-2001-015.0
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1. Problem Description
The previous Samba update fixed several places within the
samba server code that allowed local attackers to gain root
access.
Unfortunately the patch used was slightly incorrect and did not
fix the problem completely.
The Samba 2.0.9 release fixes this problem, this security
update backports it to our released Samba packages.
2. Vulnerable Versions
System Package
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OpenLinux 2.3 All packages previous to
samba-2.0.5-3
OpenLinux eServer 2.3.1 All packages previous to
and OpenLinux eBuilder samba-2.0.5-3S
OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 All packages previous to
samba-2.0.6-4
3. Solution
Workaround
none
The proper solution is to upgrade to the latest packages.
4. OpenLinux 2.3
4.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/2.3/current/RPMS/
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/2.3/current/SRPMS
4.2 Verification
6538311492da60de2fd81e4579c786af RPMS/samba-2.0.5-3.i386.rpm
098d66faee2cc1c50921f39dcd473aa2 RPMS/samba-doc-2.0.5-3.i386.rpm
fd564ec85358666bcfb5b691bd86f416 RPMS/smbfs-2.0.5-3.i386.rpm
111c64faf3524930b6c648beba2a7e62 RPMS/swat-2.0.5-3.i386.rpm
8fb09b8512aee8d5164d5fa9abef8205 SRPMS/samba-2.0.5-3.src.rpm
4.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fhv s*.i386.rpm
5. OpenLinux eServer 2.3.1 and OpenLinux eBuilder for ECential 3.0
5.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eServer/2.3/current/RPMS/
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eServer/2.3/current/SRPMS
5.2 Verification
39cc6ebd5216649346a7091395aee135 RPMS/samba-2.0.5-3S.i386.rpm
b4278e491326d4ce3a7b81d017872bce RPMS/samba-doc-2.0.5-3S.i386.rpm
d3b59dfa2a365a6c0a13d580164f8b58 RPMS/smbfs-2.0.5-3S.i386.rpm
cef24c9d65a9365ccec3753828c5c945 RPMS/swat-2.0.5-3S.i386.rpm
e35e8e614a4d5f597b5f9a764162778d SRPMS/samba-2.0.5-3S.src.rpm
5.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fvh s*i386.rpm
6. OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
6.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eDesktop/2.4/current/RPMS/
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/updates/eDesktop/2.4/current/SRPMS
6.2 Verification
1ff64fd57d531816037ac1c1d18b6abd RPMS/samba-2.0.6-4.i386.rpm
cdb3f575cbbc503699bf71e53354e382 RPMS/samba-doc-2.0.6-4.i386.rpm
e7b7c7eb3b1ad3a80f45904607488eec RPMS/smbfs-2.0.6-4.i386.rpm
3d1b49c60f4359b0ee95dd5457f72ccf RPMS/swat-2.0.6-4.i386.rpm
b7ec58e0edc4217b2c8f19f3edb3de95 SRPMS/samba-2.0.6-4.src.rpm
6.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fvh s*i386.rpm
7. References
This and other Caldera security resources are located at:
http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/index.html
This security fix closes Caldera's internal Problem Report 9736.
8. Disclaimer
Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of
any of the information we provide on this website and/or through our
security advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers
intended to promote secure installation and use of Caldera OpenLinux.
9. Acknowledgements:
Caldera International wishes to thank the Samba Team for spotting and
fixing this problem.
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