Red Hat: 'icecast' format string vulnerability
Summary
Summary
A string format vulnerability that allows the execution of arbitrarycommands exists in all versions of icecast. A patch was posted to Bugtraqto solve the problem and has been incorporated into this update. All usersof icecast should apply this update.
Solution
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Powertools 6.0:
SRPMS:
alpha:
i386:
sparc:
Red Hat Powertools 6.1:
SRPMS:
alpha:
i386:
sparc:
Red Hat Powertools 6.2:
SRPMS:
alpha:
i386:
sparc:
Red Hat Powertools 7.0:
SRPMS:
alpha:
i386:
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
6e10a41120782afa633229384a3de9f5 6.0/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
feba1b51874808c6d59eae717adc116d 6.0/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
17f5ed6b597b38456faff7e8bd1eb828 6.0/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
e8c06fc3348e60a3053e7fad06dedeec 6.0/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
6e10a41120782afa633229384a3de9f5 6.1/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
feba1b51874808c6d59eae717adc116d 6.1/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
17f5ed6b597b38456faff7e8bd1eb828 6.1/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
e8c06fc3348e60a3053e7fad06dedeec 6.1/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
6e10a41120782afa633229384a3de9f5 6.2/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.src.rpm
feba1b51874808c6d59eae717adc116d 6.2/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.alpha.rpm
17f5ed6b597b38456faff7e8bd1eb828 6.2/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.i386.rpm
e8c06fc3348e60a3053e7fad06dedeec 6.2/sparc/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-2.sparc.rpm
417343d579a7067720300adc8c99b38d 7.0/SRPMS/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.src.rpm
b728ad07c46c37221e98d5ee905efb2d 7.0/alpha/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.alpha.rpm
9fc78917546ab1bc41fb9951d47bf749 7.0/i386/icecast-1.3.8.beta2-3.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key
is available at:
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg
References
Thanks to |CyRaX| <cyrax@pkcrew.org> for finding the problem and posting it to Bugtraq. For more information please see Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. `
Package List
Topic
Topic
A remote vulnerablity allows execution of arbitrary code.
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Powertools 6.0 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Powertools 7.0 - alpha, i386
Bugs Fixed