Author: JT Smith
Caldera: “Researchers at the university of Oulo, Finnland, discovered several remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in ucd-snmp. This security update fixes these vulnerabilities. This update also contains a patch from the SuSE security team that cleans up a number of unchecked memory operations.”
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Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory
Subject: Linux - Various security problems in ucd-snmp
Advisory number: CSSA-2002-004.0
Issue date: 2002, January 22
Cross reference:
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1. Problem Description
Researchers at the university of Oulo, Finnland, discovered several
remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in ucd-snmp. This security update
fixes these vulnerabilities. This update also contains a patch from
the SuSE security team that cleans up a number of unchecked memory
operations.
2. Vulnerable Versions
System Package
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OpenLinux 2.3 not vulnerable
OpenLinux eServer 2.3.1 All packages previous to
and OpenLinux eBuilder ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17
OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 not vulnerable
OpenLinux Server 3.1 All packages previous to
ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17
OpenLinux Workstation 3.1 All packages previous to
ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17
OpenLinux 3.1 IA64 not vulnerable
OpenLinux Server 3.1.1 All packages previous to
ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17
OpenLinux Workstation All packages previous to
3.1.1 ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17
3. Solution
Workaround
none
The proper solution is to upgrade to the latest packages.
4. OpenLinux 2.3
not vulnerable
5. OpenLinux eServer 2.3.1 and OpenLinux eBuilder for ECential 3.0
5.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/eServer/2.3/current/RPMS
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/eServer/2.3/current/SRPMS
5.2 Verification
39455abae12c26af0767e73ce5fa21ba RPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
2a13a2370c9da23d09a9fdfb94242cb0 RPMS/ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
552a1f07b57743ea2f83a77878f8b307 RPMS/ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
02914263b92c14023b6a8a986739975a RPMS/ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
6f3b52721566b814f3937f135a82c6f5 SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.src.rpm
5.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fvh ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
6. OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4
not vulnerable
7. OpenLinux 3.1 Server
7.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Server/current/RPMS
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Server/current/SRPMS
7.2 Verification
e1f2eab37121fd66aefab49da3f6173b RPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ad7405f4578ca3f25a56d8e5d96020bb RPMS/ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
980115ed7580c8a772e8111ad1494067 RPMS/ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
48f82f6ee0561fc0961cf99e471a14de RPMS/ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
6f3b52721566b814f3937f135a82c6f5 SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.src.rpm
7.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fvh ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
8. OpenLinux 3.1 Workstation
8.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Workstation/current/RPMS
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1/Workstation/current/SRPMS
8.2 Verification
e1f2eab37121fd66aefab49da3f6173b RPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ad7405f4578ca3f25a56d8e5d96020bb RPMS/ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
980115ed7580c8a772e8111ad1494067 RPMS/ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
48f82f6ee0561fc0961cf99e471a14de RPMS/ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
6f3b52721566b814f3937f135a82c6f5 SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.src.rpm
8.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fvh ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
9. OpenLinux 3.1 IA64
not vulnerable
10. OpenLinux 3.1.1 Server
10.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/current/RPMS
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/current/SRPMS
10.2 Verification
0bf1e8d5ec70518f2b548871fb1d00b7 RPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
7b8f7fd19b3a0dd61a1113e3d12bd00d RPMS/ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
b0bf4250ba668660b0c9d859d164e918 RPMS/ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
df84f06b86e973ee8d38f5f995fa7905 RPMS/ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
6f3b52721566b814f3937f135a82c6f5 SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.src.rpm
10.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fvh ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
11. OpenLinux 3.1.1 Workstation
11.1 Location of Fixed Packages
The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/current/RPMS
The corresponding source code package can be found at:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/current/SRPMS
11.2 Verification
0bf1e8d5ec70518f2b548871fb1d00b7 RPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
7b8f7fd19b3a0dd61a1113e3d12bd00d RPMS/ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
b0bf4250ba668660b0c9d859d164e918 RPMS/ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
df84f06b86e973ee8d38f5f995fa7905 RPMS/ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
6f3b52721566b814f3937f135a82c6f5 SRPMS/ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.src.rpm
11.3 Installing Fixed Packages
Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:
rpm -Fvh ucd-snmp-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-devel-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-tkmib-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
ucd-snmp-utils-4.2.1-17.i386.rpm
12. References
This and other Caldera security resources are located at:
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/index.html
This security fix closes Caldera's internal Problem Report 10987.
13. Disclaimer
Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of
any of the information we provide on this website and/or through our
security advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers
intended to promote secure installation and use of Caldera OpenLinux.
14. Acknowledgements
Caldera International wishes to thank the Secure Programming Research
Group at Oulu University for their work, and for sharing their research
results in this fashion. We also wish to thank Thomas Biege at SuSE for
his additional patches.
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