[Security Announce] [ MDVSA-2008:087 ] - Updated policykit package fixes format string vulnerability

[news 28]

This is a multi-part message in MIME format...

 

------------=_1208394430-11275-2783

 

 

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Hash: SHA1

 

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:087

http://www.mandriva.com/security/

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Package : policykit

Date : April 16, 2008

Affected: 2008.1

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Problem Description:

 

A format string vulnerability in the grant helper, in PolicyKit 0.7

and earlier, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)

and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

 

The updated package has been patched to correct this issue.

_______________________________________________________________________

 

References:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1658

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Updated Packages:

 

Mandriva Linux 2008.1:

aa8e182bb5e5d8fe952cfab4c62bf055 2008.1/i586/libpolkit2-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm

2c2de3341fd2e7b0181215c49b373953 2008.1/i586/libpolkit-devel-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm

54bc0d67f70ada707da9ac5d35ac6f8a 2008.1/i586/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm

864e3c1f5c99ad74a284fe3f35964515 2008.1/i586/policykit-docs-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm

e19c68b55d06d4ad8a00a9c82e38e3fa 2008.1/SRPMS/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

 

Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:

79e9c91841bf90f09fd7184050164bfe 2008.1/x86_64/lib64polkit2-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm

3bb998cc6595c0f70c47cb22f411962b 2008.1/x86_64/lib64polkit-devel-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm

16ede4d785e987f5e65361570d80bcdc 2008.1/x86_64/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm

c114e50ab7f564a281ddd1096dbde53c 2008.1/x86_64/policykit-docs-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm

e19c68b55d06d4ad8a00a9c82e38e3fa 2008.1/SRPMS/policykit-0.7-5.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

_______________________________________________________________________

 

To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification

of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the

GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

 

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

 

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

 

security_(at)_mandriva.com

_______________________________________________________________________

 

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID

pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team

 

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----

Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

 

iD8DBQFIBndVmqjQ0CJFipgRAtAPAKCGzbow3RcmLOWx7pcsGpW5Y+O6AQCglR6a

RylBQh4kJd6y3YT4HJRk3FY=

=sdlj

-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

 

 

------------=_1208394430-11275-2783

Content-Type: text/plain; name="message-footer.txt"

Content-Disposition: inline; filename="message-footer.txt"

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

 

To unsubscribe, send a email to sympa ( -at -) mandrivalinux.org

with this subject : unsubscribe security-announce

_______________________________________________________

Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva?

Go to http://www.mandrivastore.com

Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com

_______________________________________________________

 

------------=_1208394430-11275-2783--