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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - dump


From: secure () CONECTIVA COM BR (Conectiva Security)
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:22:52 -0300


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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE: dump
SUMMARY: Buffer overflow in restore
DATE: 2000-06-30
AFFECTED CONECTIVA VERSIONS : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2 and 5.0

DESCRIPTION
There is a buffer overflow in the restore program < 0.4b17. Being
SUID root in our default installation, an attacker can exploit this
to gain root privileges. There was also an issue where the computer
could be in a non-response state for a few seconds.

SOLUTION
All users of this package should upgrade immediately.

Thanks to Stelian Pop for providing the fixes.

DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.0/i386/dump-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.0/i386/rmt-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.0es/i386/dump-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.0es/i386/rmt-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.1/i386/dump-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.1/i386/rmt-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.2/i386/dump-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.2/i386/rmt-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/5.0/i386/dump-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/5.0/i386/rmt-0.4b18-1cl.i386.rpm

DIRECT LINK TO THE SOURCE PACKAGES
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.0/SRPMS/dump-0.4b18-1cl.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.0es/SRPMS/dump-0.4b18-1cl.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.1/SRPMS/dump-0.4b18-1cl.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/4.2/SRPMS/dump-0.4b18-1cl.src.rpm
ftp://ftp.conectiva.com.br/pub/conectiva/atualizacoes/5.0/SRPMS/dump-0.4b18-1cl.src.rpm

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's PGP key. The key can be obtained at
http://www.conectiva.com.br/conectiva/contato.html

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