Trustix: ‘zlib’ Denial of Service vulnerability

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Trustix: “zlib version 1.1.3 and lower contains a vulnerability which, in a worst case scenario, might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This problem is solved by upgrading to the new release of zlib.”


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Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2002-0040

Package name:      zlib and derived packages
Summary:           double free() vulerability
Date:              2002-03-18
Affected versions: TSL 1.01, 1.1, 1.2, 1.5

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Problem description:
  zlib version 1.1.3 and lower contains a vulnerability which, in a worst case
  scenario, might allow an attacker to execute arbitary code. This problem is
  solved by upgrading to the new release of zlib.

  All programs which are dynamicly linked with this library needs to be
  restarted after the zlib upgrade. This include, among others: openssh and
  postgresql. To ensure that these services are in fact restarted, the TSL-team
  have upgraded them aswell.
  Users of the swup software update tool will benefit greatly from this.

  Some programs are staticly linked with this library and have been
  recomplied using the new release of zlib as part of the build environment.

  Also some programs have parts of the zlib source code copied into their own
  source code, and may therefore be vulnerable. These will be updated when
  analysis tells us that they are in fact vulnerable.

  Following is a list of the updated packages:
  - zlib (Upgrade: 1.1.4-1tr)
  - openssh (Rebuild: 3.1.0p1-2tr)
  - postgresql (Rebuild: 7.1.2-4tr)
  - mysql (Rebuild: 3.23.47-2tr)
  - rpm (Rebuild: 3.0.6-7tr)
  - rsync (Upgrade: 2.5.4-1tr)
  - kernel (Patch: 2.2.20-2tr)
  - sash (Upgrade: 3.5-1tr)
  - ppp (Ugrade/patch: 2.4.1-1tr)

  We have also included some of the updates that have been in the public
  testing directories for a while:

  1.5: man and procmail
  1.2: apache apache-ssl

Action:
  We recommend that all systems with this package installed are upgraded.
  Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by some of
  these packages, you may want to remove them from your system.


Location:
  All TSL updates are available from
  http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>
ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/>


Automatic updates:
  Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically
  installed using 'swup --upgrade'.

  Get SWUP from:
  ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/>


Public testing:
  These packages have been available for public testing for some time.
  If you want to contribute by testing the various packages in the
  testing tree, please feel free to share your findings on the
  tsl-discuss mailinglist.
  The testing tree is located at
  http://www.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/>
ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/testing/>


Questions?
  Check out our mailing lists:
  http://www.trustix.net/support/>


Verification:
  This advisory along with all TSL packages are signed with the TSL sign key.
  This key is available from:
  http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY>

The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
  http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.2/> and
  http://www.trustix.net/errata/trustix-1.5/>
or directly at
  http://www.trustix.net/errata/misc/2002/TSL-2002-0040-zlib.asc.txt>


MD5sums of the packages:
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09ab846b2d48bbc1b8b9c882b2895436  ./1.5/SRPMS/zlib-1.1.4-1tr.src.rpm
536a1ddebd3c89137c8b526c9fa3e0c8  ./1.5/SRPMS/sash-3.5-1tr.src.rpm
929c919c39f893688f9c003a157126f9  ./1.5/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1tr.src.rpm
5c7e27542ccb95e85046af96da1266eb  ./1.5/SRPMS/rpm-3.0.6-7tr.src.rpm
3315accbc9e9ea723b14e3c26f95dac6  ./1.5/SRPMS/procmail-3.15.2-1tr.src.rpm
2bd15cfa605e9ac66235289cef9563f3  ./1.5/SRPMS/ppp-2.4.1-1tr.src.rpm
e1e568dfe69be4adcf8436fcce115b28  ./1.5/SRPMS/postgresql-7.1.2-5tr.src.rpm
5a4ab384ebf85a4572dc55ffdafdfed7  ./1.5/SRPMS/openssh-3.1.0p1-2tr.src.rpm
48c59a64c87bee6ec9eed1b258c863c9  ./1.5/SRPMS/mysql-3.23.47-2tr.src.rpm
cfcd02f940248ca505a7d739721b8721  ./1.5/SRPMS/man-1.5j0-1tr.src.rpm
af04a68007564cc15b0a322e629d7072  ./1.5/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.20-2tr.src.rpm
0f1edfcfe174051af9ca5037db979eb3  ./1.5/RPMS/zlib-devel-1.1.4-1tr.i586.rpm
52239eabad2e6b600c836f5ecb478902  ./1.5/RPMS/zlib-1.1.4-1tr.i586.rpm
e7a8a4ef66a89d48de20de2758e05a2e  ./1.5/RPMS/sash-3.5-1tr.i586.rpm
4d41aad430d0537bbc054fc34d6ed4d9  ./1.5/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1tr.i586.rpm
d809cf941f1fcb698f5b160a5b9cda8a  ./1.5/RPMS/rpm-perl-3.0.6-7tr.i586.rpm
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65f2d65f60f8532796a54676517d669a  ./1.5/RPMS/rpm-3.0.6-7tr.i586.rpm
8215a6af64f8063292d9f0dc10967efa  ./1.5/RPMS/procmail-3.15.2-1tr.i586.rpm
03dee5354a3b1f3fda38f243e6c1105c  ./1.5/RPMS/ppp-2.4.1-1tr.i586.rpm
8aba921bcf77343146e6f29547d8d365  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-test-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
eb611d702163a244a0400e6f594eb615  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-tcl-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
a2521d23855b1c5d189a92ab9390a20a  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-server-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
8e0d2e63501b9859808a172875d72c71  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-python-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
b5291f7885d4af217946b7ad61aa9009  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-plperl-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
051c494091c2b884bc13fff386ff96f1  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-perl-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
527041acb31fd6783776b8dd25f89a6f  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-odbc-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
4ede8989fd8a44336c31868206fbede0  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-libs-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
54959b6506d1c54743cd89f9573cc523  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-docs-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
028770d75798a063479c93a23dc196d6  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-devel-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
a6e133857caa318eb473d2794210ec11  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-contrib-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
1b3d988c225707625b773b82f96e1aa4  ./1.5/RPMS/postgresql-7.1.2-5tr.i586.rpm
f45d7f2b1806d69f5eaff8fe09266413  ./1.5/RPMS/popt-1.5.1-7tr.i586.rpm
4c2bc8e1f99f6b018d31e3cf086f5356  ./1.5/RPMS/openssh-server-3.1.0p1-2tr.i586.rpm
292d6c0d873182543dfd4a4deea4d49d  ./1.5/RPMS/openssh-clients-3.1.0p1-2tr.i586.rpm
b6f6693936a117e39349dfd4b86e7e39  ./1.5/RPMS/openssh-3.1.0p1-2tr.i586.rpm
73ad693ca8b31d49d5271cbc93084c12  ./1.5/RPMS/mysql-shared-3.23.47-2tr.i586.rpm
d7042d71490664506efbaeef43c8d6a4  ./1.5/RPMS/mysql-devel-3.23.47-2tr.i586.rpm
4f5a9f07de9a73266f229f3553835988  ./1.5/RPMS/mysql-client-3.23.47-2tr.i586.rpm
778fc20a9e91dc3e3359169e7cd11039  ./1.5/RPMS/mysql-bench-3.23.47-2tr.i586.rpm
51620612b82cc9bdb789dcf548f24add  ./1.5/RPMS/mysql-3.23.47-2tr.i586.rpm
9c989f2e6ff289b76b5f56055ab9185a  ./1.5/RPMS/man-1.5j0-1tr.i586.rpm
a9448d3bce6166701b9de1823193fb56  ./1.5/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
c3259a3900d9e6e2ff11bac62fb08d8c  ./1.5/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
46224e85fb5534e01873662745092478  ./1.5/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
41550775b52d5ca7e918d159f01f9cf4  ./1.5/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
1f59ce7491b5d20b522924a3c3ba29a1  ./1.5/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
1cdf9031ac62b0a321dcc2e9622b5357  ./1.5/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
277687a36fc3ede1fe11fa55e36cef9c  ./1.5/RPMS/kernel-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
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929c919c39f893688f9c003a157126f9  ./1.2/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1tr.src.rpm
0b8d669a74f16d51ee9ea56bcab9181a  ./1.2/SRPMS/rpm-3.0.3-48tr.src.rpm
c19177c5bbe80398879c006adf15e7d9  ./1.2/SRPMS/postgresql-7.0.2-8tr.src.rpm
5a4ab384ebf85a4572dc55ffdafdfed7  ./1.2/SRPMS/openssh-3.1.0p1-2tr.src.rpm
af04a68007564cc15b0a322e629d7072  ./1.2/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.20-2tr.src.rpm
b3be9a3d68d8e9c9966be67256fb6190  ./1.2/SRPMS/apache-ssl-1.3.22_1.47-1tr.src.rpm
d0089c585364cfd5b5b367e0f41976a4  ./1.2/SRPMS/apache-1.3.23-3tr.src.rpm
8743ec1b3f7b5cf3c91b7ab40596fb88  ./1.2/RPMS/zlib-devel-1.1.4-1tr.i586.rpm
3afe6861bc9e26f984d976dbf2da9802  ./1.2/RPMS/zlib-1.1.4-1tr.i586.rpm
a371f2978f0f1774f8de5b88bbbb8083  ./1.2/RPMS/sash-3.5-1tr.i586.rpm
c4f10fcc84d00ce6c3d6850f4de5996d  ./1.2/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1tr.i586.rpm
123dfc21c83cbf9049e14f7195126188  ./1.2/RPMS/rpm-perl-3.0.3-48tr.i586.rpm
f8a25856fa60b2f045a5c60d0082ca7e  ./1.2/RPMS/rpm-devel-3.0.3-48tr.i586.rpm
1e95128e9a7ee18b7fef815f3196aa21  ./1.2/RPMS/rpm-3.0.3-48tr.i586.rpm
7ccb103aa6a4790b6f226f8892eb73ff  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-test-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
53c9da88ff9fbd35cf8f7313e0360dca  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-tcl-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
39563a9e7dcc181702865dc15cc757a5  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-server-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
adf2b223689cd832bbdf5465c3487e52  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-python-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
d345eefbafcb9af31754a7a8880aa512  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-plperl-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
b60800ef5a82b3aecf155304073874c0  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-perl-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
42194295d871509ca2a4a9c790cc2437  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-odbc-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
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1a9a362ebc15f57254b1baa67dd6e4e4  ./1.2/RPMS/postgresql-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
3664deeae0145176b0cae7f6fb887ad0  ./1.2/RPMS/openssh-server-3.1.0p1-2tr.i586.rpm
aef2bbca38b7c853a855a66c782e461c  ./1.2/RPMS/openssh-clients-3.1.0p1-2tr.i586.rpm
c8541207836377940d15ef1f8d6f1737  ./1.2/RPMS/openssh-3.1.0p1-2tr.i586.rpm
bb805f9f5eff5180970eb5d434255538  ./1.2/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
470b306259b107b9ff52d1da8e609bd4  ./1.2/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
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6bb236e602ea019a007161983a440093  ./1.2/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
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4629add0dd0a9b9a6a883cc2340d79da  ./1.2/RPMS/apache-1.3.23-3tr.i586.rpm
09ab846b2d48bbc1b8b9c882b2895436  ./1.1/SRPMS/zlib-1.1.4-1tr.src.rpm
929c919c39f893688f9c003a157126f9  ./1.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1tr.src.rpm
0b8d669a74f16d51ee9ea56bcab9181a  ./1.1/SRPMS/rpm-3.0.3-48tr.src.rpm
c19177c5bbe80398879c006adf15e7d9  ./1.1/SRPMS/postgresql-7.0.2-8tr.src.rpm
5a4ab384ebf85a4572dc55ffdafdfed7  ./1.1/SRPMS/openssh-3.1.0p1-2tr.src.rpm
af04a68007564cc15b0a322e629d7072  ./1.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.20-2tr.src.rpm
6ac5b72a89ceb6b79db5c7f671ce5674  ./1.1/RPMS/zlib-devel-1.1.4-1tr.i586.rpm
4ac8220ff13e37d64458a73ca8069ba4  ./1.1/RPMS/zlib-1.1.4-1tr.i586.rpm
b54dd4b38829c00b5626bcc663c9f535  ./1.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1tr.i586.rpm
ad8d39a2e68bc8f05f34a807e96b4a59  ./1.1/RPMS/rpm-perl-3.0.3-48tr.i586.rpm
2b82f0df601f0d9ebb37c6e5658c751c  ./1.1/RPMS/rpm-devel-3.0.3-48tr.i586.rpm
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cdc2f6bf6a963de3e4c15b3b0cafa575  ./1.1/RPMS/postgresql-python-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
48bcc2134a81e316be8d345b0f33c5ed  ./1.1/RPMS/postgresql-plperl-7.0.2-8tr.i586.rpm
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74c5f990fc3337e1d32654bc7887c827  ./1.1/RPMS/openssh-3.1.0p1-2tr.i586.rpm
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e9b53e17180eb3af790acdfae60ad9d1  ./1.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
8d382190405b778b638ac96cb5b7d809  ./1.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
97cc38f20f63af9ee8801694e4ef73fa  ./1.1/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
9f6af1b6ddae90cb9d312b16f9bb90b4  ./1.1/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
8b491e0d0a17964ff4ef074b8112d054  ./1.1/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
1c9628c93e332ec4a0c756f05f42fffb  ./1.1/RPMS/kernel-2.2.20-2tr.i586.rpm
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