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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1865-1] New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabi

    From dann frazier@1:229/2 to All on Sun Aug 16 23:00:21 2009
    From: [email protected]

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    Debian Security Advisory DSA-1865-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier
    Aug 16, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : linux-2.6
    Vulnerability : denial of service/privilege escalation
    Problem type : local/remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id(s) : CVE-2009-1385 CVE-2009-1389 CVE-2009-1630 CVE-2009-1633
    CVE-2009-2692

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that
    may lead to denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
    problems:

    CVE-2009-1385

    Neil Horman discovered a missing fix from the e1000 network
    driver. A remote user may cause a denial of service by way of a
    kernel panic triggered by specially crafted frame sizes.

    CVE-2009-1389

    Michael Tokarev discovered an issue in the r8169 network driver.
    Remote users on the same LAN may cause a denial of service by way
    of a kernel panic triggered by receiving a large size frame.

    CVE-2009-1630

    Frank Filz discovered that local users may be able to execute
    files without execute permission when accessed via an nfs4 mount.

    CVE-2009-1633

    Jeff Layton and Suresh Jayaraman fixed several buffer overflows in
    the CIFS filesystem which allow remote servers to cause memory
    corruption.

    CVE-2009-2692

    Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes discovered an issue with how the
    sendpage function is initialized in the proto_ops structure.
    Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated
    privileges.

    For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
    version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3.

    We recommend that you upgrade your linux-2.6, fai-kernels, and
    user-mode-linux packages.

    Note: Debian carefully tracks all known security issues across every
    linux kernel package in all releases under active security support.
    However, given the high frequency at which low-severity security
    issues are discovered in the kernel and the resource requirements of
    doing an update, updates for lower priority issues will normally not
    be released for all kernels at the same time. Rather, they will be
    released in a staggered or "leap-frog" fashion.

    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    The following matrix lists additional source packages that were rebuilt for compatability with or to take advantage of this update:

    Debian 4.0 (etch)
    fai-kernels 1.17+etch.24etch3
    user-mode-linux 2.6.18-1um-2etch.24etch3

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.

    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Oldstable updates are available for alpha, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
    Updates for arm and mips will be released as they become available.

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5502587 1f75cb7f5ffbc73b1e2b0b4a97a4818a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 5672 29c50f41751371587d0b9419b16d4062
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.18.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 52225460 6a1ab0948d6b5b453ea0fce0fcc29060
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/user-mode-linux/user-mode-linux_2.6.18-1um-2etch.24etch3.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 892 cfc19bff4c8dfbbf1409ea4580c9e65c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/user-mode-linux/user-mode-linux_2.6.18-1um-2etch.24etch3.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 20832 aae14eef6d9bfa7c75286e2a13d52e86
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/user-mode-linux/user-mode-linux_2.6.18-1um.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 14435 4d10c30313e11a24621f7218c31f3582
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fai-kernels/fai-kernels_1.17+etch.24etch3.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 59187 32a278830ac1d6ff997fdb78449be295
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fai-kernels/fai-kernels_1.17+etch.24etch3.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 740 43f7e80adde3c68ab2867570d5c3538b

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-patch-debian-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1829152 ec210817add89e6211386cf06fc8ce3c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-tree-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 58312 e26180474575467e5a6926df20cf7533
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-doc-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 3592910 95a3a2f912a0c53f592301fb52e30000
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-support-2.6.18-6_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 3720284 804ba5739eeb2a45621e409dd061ea6c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-manual-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1088746 a5bb602c0c70890e882d17921dc3c2ab
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-source-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 41472246 0feb6c24869684b69f60818b9a85ff5c

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.18-6-alpha-legacy_2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3_alpha.deb

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