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Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0307-03

Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0307-03
Posted Feb 21, 2012
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0307-03 - The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program. Multiple flaws were found in the way the mount and umount commands performed mtab file updates. A local, unprivileged user allowed to mount or unmount file systems could use these flaws to corrupt the mtab file and create a stale lock file, preventing other users from mounting and unmounting file systems.

tags | advisory, local
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2011-1675, CVE-2011-1677
SHA-256 | 3c4017b188014c2b843ed4e7706c124b342cf978b3416b7b0f193fe2588f8803

Red Hat Security Advisory 2012-0307-03

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Low: util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:0307-03
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0307.html
Issue date: 2012-02-21
Keywords: fdisk fsfreeze blockdev ipc
CVE Names: CVE-2011-1675 CVE-2011-1677
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1. Summary:

An updated util-linux package that fixes multiple security issues, various
bugs, and adds two enhancements is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

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 util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others,
util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login program.

Multiple flaws were found in the way the mount and umount commands
performed mtab (mounted file systems table) file updates. A local,
unprivileged user allowed to mount or unmount file systems could use these
flaws to corrupt the mtab file and create a stale lock file, preventing
other users from mounting and unmounting file systems. (CVE-2011-1675,
CVE-2011-1677)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

* When the user logged into a telnet server, the login utility did not
update the utmp database properly if the utility was executed from the
telnetd daemon. This was due to telnetd not creating an appropriate entry
in a utmp file before executing login. With this update, correct entries
are created and the database is updated properly. (BZ#646300)

* Various options were not described on the blockdev(8) manual page. With
this update, the blockdev(8) manual page includes all the relevant options.
(BZ#650937)

* Prior to this update, the build process of the util-linux package failed
in the po directory with the following error message: "@MKINSTALLDIRS@:
No such file or directory". An upstream patch has been applied to address
this issue, and the util-linux package now builds successfully. (BZ#677452)

* Previously, the ipcs(1) and ipcrm(1) manual pages mentioned an invalid
option, "-b". With this update, only valid options are listed on those
manual pages. (BZ#678407)

* Previously, the mount(8) manual page contained incomplete information
about the ext4 and XFS file systems. With this update, the mount(8) manual
page contains the missing information. (BZ#699639)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

* Previously, if DOS mode was enabled on a device, the fdisk utility could
report error messages similar to the following:

Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 1, 1) logical=(0, 2, 7)

This update enables users to switch off DOS compatible mode (by specifying
the "-c" option), and such error messages are no longer displayed.
(BZ#678430)

* This update adds the "fsfreeze" command which halts access to a file
system on a disk. (BZ#726572)

All users of util-linux are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which contains backported patches to correct these issues and add these
enhancements.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

646300 - login doesn't update /var/run/utmp properly
650937 - blockdev man page missing information
677452 - util-linux fails to build with gettext-0.17
678407 - [RHEL 5] ipcs and ipcrm in wrong man section
695916 - CVE-2011-1675 util-linux: mount fails to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE
695924 - CVE-2011-1677 util-linux: umount may fail to remove /etc/mtab~ lock file
699639 - mount man page is missing support for ext4/xfs

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.src.rpm

i386:
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.i386.rpm
util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

Source:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.src.rpm

i386:
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.i386.rpm
util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5.i386.rpm

ia64:
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.ia64.rpm
util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5.ia64.rpm

ppc:
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.ppc.rpm
util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5.ppc.rpm

s390x:
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.s390x.rpm
util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-1675.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-1677.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
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