news 28 Posted September 7, 2010 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: rpm security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0679-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0679.html Issue date: 2010-09-07 CVE Names: CVE-2010-2059 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated rpm packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 3. Description: The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and up[censored] software packages. It was discovered that RPM did not remove setuid and setgid bits set on binaries when upgrading packages. A local attacker able to create hard links to binaries could use this flaw to keep those binaries on the system, at a specific version level and with the setuid or setgid bit set, even if the package providing them was upgraded by a system administrator. This could have security implications if a package was upgraded because of a security flaw in a setuid or setgid program. (CVE-2010-2059) This update also fixes the following bug: * A memory leak in the communication between RPM and the Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) subsystem, which could have caused extensive memory consumption. In reported cases, this issue was triggered by running rhn_check when errata were scheduled to be applied. (BZ#627630) All users of rpm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 598775 - CVE-2010-2059 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade 627630 - rpm: selinux context initialization memory leak 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.src.rpm i386: popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm x86_64: popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.src.rpm i386: rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm x86_64: rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.src.rpm i386: popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm ia64: popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ia64.rpm ppc: popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc64.rpm rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm s390x: popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390.rpm popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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