From: secure@conectiva.com.br
To: conectiva-updates@papaleguas.conectiva.com.br, lwn@lwn.net,
bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com
Subject: [CLA-2002:460] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - pine
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:04:16 -0200
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : pine
SUMMARY : URL handler vulnerability
DATE : 2002-01-31 12:01:00
ID : CLA-2002:460
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 5.0, prg graficos, ecommerce, 5.1, 7.0
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DESCRIPTION
Pine is a mail and news text based client developed by the Washington
University[1].
A vulnerability[2] in the pine URL handler was discovered that allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands in the user's
machine by encapsulating them in a URL using environment variables.
This vulnerability only affects users whith the msg-view-url option
enabled (which is not the default).
It was originally discovered[3] by Jim Hebert <jhebert@jhebert.cx> on
November 18, 1999, rediscovered by zen-parse <zen-parse@gmx.net> on
October 20, 2001 and reannounced to Bugtraq on January 5, 2002.
SOLUTION
All pine users should upgrade.
REFERENCES:
1.http://www.washington.edu/pine/
2.http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3815
3.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/35296
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pico-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U51_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pine-4.44L-1U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pico-4.44L-1U51_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U70_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/pico-4.44L-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/pine-4.44L-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/pilot-4.44L-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/pico-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/pico-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
upgrades of RPM packages:
- add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
(you may also use linuxconf to do this):
rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates
(replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0)
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en
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