GNOME VFS updates address extfs vulnerability
Advisory:   RHSA-2004:373-13
Last updated on:   2004-08-04
Affected Products:   Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):   CAN-2004-0494

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Details:

Updated GNOME VFS packages that remove potential extfs-related
vulnerabilities are now available.

GNOME VFS is the GNOME virtual file system. It provides a modular
architecture and ships with several modules that implement support for file
systems, HTTP, FTP, and others. The extfs backends make it possible to
implement file systems for GNOME VFS using scripts.

Flaws have been found in several of the GNOME VFS extfs backend scripts.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ships with vulnerable scripts, but they are not
used by default. An attacker who is able to influence a user to open a
specially-crafted URI using gnome-vfs could perform actions as that user.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2004-0494 to this issue.

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux should upgrade to these updated packages,
which remove these unused scripts.

Updated packages:
Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
AMD64:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       06271691a5533316f595d9d136204d15
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       fba4ca47955f92be0b082c6fa587b14a
 
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.src.rpm       fbcb6e48b0e04a54383894867a79057d
 
i386:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       bf38b8427b6c60a93169a266cca8e8f1
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       f7f903cc6b74cb22153e25c9f78f4311
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.src.rpm       a4cf8f82b440789276f366536e852588
 
i386:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.i386.rpm       0d23312d359424e46b0fcb713b0eab85
gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.1.i386.rpm       c7e27477bc25189730309ad69bee1b00
 
ia64:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.ia64.rpm       dc0ed88d802874697908d2b02f83a24c
gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.1.ia64.rpm       c9c83b9b1ce79fa7bfdbdf1cdd0c4fb5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
AMD64:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       06271691a5533316f595d9d136204d15
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       fba4ca47955f92be0b082c6fa587b14a
 
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.src.rpm       fbcb6e48b0e04a54383894867a79057d
 
i386:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       bf38b8427b6c60a93169a266cca8e8f1
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       f7f903cc6b74cb22153e25c9f78f4311
 
ia64:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.ia64.rpm       9ec0d04f82412d17c699793367a7b980
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.ia64.rpm       a0241d4990bbb961452ada3d4aacaceb
 
ppc:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.ppc.rpm       4a471457ca073a26c762cca8fcd3ad88
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.ppc.rpm       1f57211bf9d472e0e5ae6f6b9c1dad26
 
s390:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.s390.rpm       14dfeb34e2193f74ae2598511e593ffd
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.s390.rpm       d11d79d93d7a54a365400f81bf15c522
 
s390x:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.s390x.rpm       177418bc2e61fc5b0f72d08c6c8dcade
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.s390x.rpm       f70f90a1c8d47770441bcf09330809d1
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.src.rpm       a4cf8f82b440789276f366536e852588
 
i386:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.i386.rpm       0d23312d359424e46b0fcb713b0eab85
gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.1.i386.rpm       c7e27477bc25189730309ad69bee1b00
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
AMD64:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       06271691a5533316f595d9d136204d15
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       fba4ca47955f92be0b082c6fa587b14a
 
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.src.rpm       fbcb6e48b0e04a54383894867a79057d
 
i386:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       bf38b8427b6c60a93169a266cca8e8f1
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       f7f903cc6b74cb22153e25c9f78f4311
 
ia64:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.ia64.rpm       9ec0d04f82412d17c699793367a7b980
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.ia64.rpm       a0241d4990bbb961452ada3d4aacaceb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.src.rpm       a4cf8f82b440789276f366536e852588
 
i386:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.i386.rpm       0d23312d359424e46b0fcb713b0eab85
gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.1.i386.rpm       c7e27477bc25189730309ad69bee1b00
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
AMD64:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       06271691a5533316f595d9d136204d15
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.x86_64.rpm       fba4ca47955f92be0b082c6fa587b14a
 
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.src.rpm       fbcb6e48b0e04a54383894867a79057d
 
i386:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       bf38b8427b6c60a93169a266cca8e8f1
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.i386.rpm       f7f903cc6b74cb22153e25c9f78f4311
 
ia64:
gnome-vfs2-2.2.5-2E.1.ia64.rpm       9ec0d04f82412d17c699793367a7b980
gnome-vfs2-devel-2.2.5-2E.1.ia64.rpm       a0241d4990bbb961452ada3d4aacaceb
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
SRPMS:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.src.rpm       a4cf8f82b440789276f366536e852588
 
ia64:
gnome-vfs-1.0.1-18.1.ia64.rpm       dc0ed88d802874697908d2b02f83a24c
gnome-vfs-devel-1.0.1-18.1.ia64.rpm       c9c83b9b1ce79fa7bfdbdf1cdd0c4fb5
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0494

Keywords:

extfs, gnome-vfs, gnome-vfs2