[kernel-sec-discuss] r1459 - dsa-texts

[Dann Frazier]

Author: dannf
Date: 2009-08-16 15:52:07 +0000 (Sun, 16 Aug 2009)
New Revision: 1459

Added:
   dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3
Log:
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Copied: dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3 (from rev 1458, dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch2)
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--- dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3	                        (rev 0)
+++ dsa-texts/2.6.18.dfsg.1-24etch3	2009-08-16 15:52:07 UTC (rev 1459)
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Debian Security Advisory DSA-XXXX-1                security at debian.org
+http://www.debian.org/security/                           dann frazier
+Aug 16, 2009                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+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, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
+
+Source archives:
+
+  These changes will probably be included in the oldstable distribution on
+  its next update.
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ oldstable/updates main
+For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/oldstable/updates/main
+Mailing list: debian-security-announce at lists.debian.org
+Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>