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                        SuSE Security Announcement

        Package:                cyrus-sasl
        Announcement-ID:        SuSE-SA:2001:042
        Date:                   Friday, Nov 23th, 2001 12.00 MET
        Affected SuSE versions: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
        Vulnerability Type:     possible local/remote privilege escalation
        Severity (1-10):        4
        SuSE default package:   no
        Other affected systems: all linux-like systems using this version
                                of cyrus-sasl

        Content of this advisory:
        1) security vulnerability resolved: cyrus-sasl
           problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information
        2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds
        3) standard appendix (further information)

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1)  problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information

    The Cyrus SASL library provides an authentication API for mail clients
    and servers.
    A format bug was found in one of the logging functions, that could be
    used by an attacker to gain access to a machine or to acquire higher
    privileges.

    There is no known temporary fix, so please update your system with
    the new RPMs from our FTP server.

    Download the update package from locations described below and install
    the package with the command:
        rpm -Uhv file.rpm
    The md5sum for each file is in the line below. You can verify the
    integrity of the rpm files using the command:
        rpm --checksig --nogpg file.rpm
    independently from the md5 signatures below.




    i386 Intel Platform:

    SuSE-7.3
      
      e45171d1a76c91a0bfa3d086d9d599e5
      
      b03e76641050495d4ec44ac0d9f95e40
      
      acad2f6e40fd4de5d8729b24f1cb982d
    source rpm:
      
      b33d52a12efd4222b5f1886ff3b50eb8

    SuSE-7.2
      
      b6c6eacbb748b10077273e17c4530d70
      
      6bc208c1626367b5dce2637c533d46a4
      
      fed016e9eeb13fe2d1d8b43d5a7eb2a2
    source rpm:
      
      6dd7b8b037f12a8a5adef3abbb45f107

    SuSE-7.1
      
      5ae7eb3805130a03d8f27f89b1cee7b9
    source rpm:
      
      7b54ce2a549ab26a4cc7af2317c31114

    SuSE-7.0
      
      f9d4b6cd6fa27028fba8da6e50368b11
    source rpm:
      
      8edbdbd49ad826da014a60cbe0ecd4fb



    Sparc Platform:

    SuSE-7.1
      
      464d4d9ab8a46e104039e8811e3f4651
    source rpm:
      
      753b3e27311760372e7da9f52de3dcbf

    SuSE-7.0
      
      01b229e0fb42f48c24fef34462dbccbb
    source rpm:
      
      df8d848c7998f3675fbb4755bd83a742




    AXP Alpha Platform:

    SuSE-7.1
      
      ea80bba65ae8cf22ea587e38aae7a2ee
    source rpm:
      
      b363227f99290c7866e5ac4fc7f7b6dc

    SuSE-7.0
      
      22a48ae6c7963df620a76e22899888e5
    source rpm:
      
      c39df74ca8900ac203360151f6e25d6b




    PPC Power PC Platform:

    SuSE-7.3
      
      baddf572ea5dd550ffe952ec19315bef
      
      4fce4a7aaf74f3b42538916a14abaea0
      
      fb4fe578f47d2f4b7abc697301330aef
    source rpm:
      
      94a5288432b1957a6c3b8676049e1199

    SuSE-7.1
      
      8b5245304196e6b935c420394e14ae18
    source rpm:
      
      10a5d72a03041fafb06d97d2730eb054

    SuSE-7.0
      
      ff3cdc2a4bd110632a8e9aa06794f3ec
    source rpm:
      
      aeedefa1eb86cca0cb7d80e3fc0f76f9



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2)  Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds:

    - openssh
      After stabilizing the openssh package, updates for the distributions
      6.4-7.2 are currently being prepared. The update packages fix a security
      problem related to the recently discovered problems with source ip
      based access restrictions in a user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file.
      The packages will appear shortly on our ftp servers. Please note that
      packages for the distributions 6.3 and up including 7.0 containing
      cryptographic software are located on the German ftp server ftp.suse.de,
      all other packages can be found on ftp.suse.com at the usual location.
      We will issue a dedicated Security announcement for the openssh package.

    - The ziptool program runs setuid root in the easy permission mode and
      contains an overflow which allows local attackers to gain root
      privileges. A zipdrive must be configured and a zipdisk being inserted
      in order to exploit the bug. The overflow has been fixed. Please update
      your packages.

    - The ncpfs package containing the setuid root programs ncpmount and
      ncpumount was vulnerable to local bufferoverflow attacks. The package
      has been fixed.

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3)  standard appendix:

    SuSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may
    subscribe:

    suse-security@suse.com
        -   general/linux/SuSE security discussion.
            All SuSE security announcements are sent to this list.
            To subscribe, send an email to
                <suse-security-subscribe@suse.com>.

    suse-security-announce@suse.com
        -   SuSE's announce-only mailing list.
            Only SuSE's security annoucements are sent to this list.
            To subscribe, send an email to
                <suse-security-announce-subscribe@suse.com>.

    For general information or the frequently asked questions (faq)
    send mail to:
        <suse-security-info@suse.com> or
        <suse-security-faq@suse.com> respectively.

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