-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SuSE Security Announcement Package: vim/gvim Announcement-ID: SuSE-SA:2001:12 Date: Tuesday, April 10th, 2001 15.23 MEST Affected SuSE versions: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 7.0, 7.1 Vulnerability Type: local privilege escalation Severity (1-10): 5 SuSE default package: yes Other affected systems: all system using vim/gvim Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: vim/gvim problem description, discussion, solution and upgrade information 2) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds 3) standard appendix (further information) ______________________________________________________________________________ 1) problem description, brief discussion, solution, upgrade information The text editor vim, Vi IMproved, was found vulnerable to two security bugs. 1.) a tmp race condition 2.) vim commands in regular files will be executed if the status line of vim is enabled in vimrc Both vulnerabilities could be used to gain unauthorized access to more privileges. Download the update package from locations desribed below and install the package with the command `rpm -Uhv file.rpm'. The md5sum for each file is in the line below. You can verify the integrity of the rpm files using the command `rpm --checksig --nogpg file.rpm', independently from the md5 signatures below. vim: ---- i386 Intel Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/a1/vim-5.7-71.i386.rpm db368baa134c23b3578c8022a66d2703 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/zq1/vim-5.7-71.src.rpm 00cf66142e477e24824410c8bf9e8702 SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/a1/vim-5.7-73.i386.rpm 3a35734d8737c4f1e97ca9a6c1f68073 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/zq1/vim-5.7-73.src.rpm 6275c8d938a7254e648ba33765613573 SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/a1/vim-5.7-72.i386.rpm 7db6e43273fcfccf0f019246ba43fd05 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/zq1/vim-5.7-72.src.rpm f2d7177a61b1794068412ea687b9ecf6 SuSE-6.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/a1/vim-5.7-72.i386.rpm c12a03ff18235ea3421b18c48d6448af source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/zq1/vim-5.7-72.src.rpm b6e46176215691fc398fc6184e437a36 SuSE-6.2 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/a1/vim-5.7-71.i386.rpm a9f2154d991f9eb848dff3ffa1dcf430 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/zq1/vim-5.7-71.src.rpm 8e554dbfe786562204039358df810984 SuSE-6.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/a1/vim-5.7-72.i386.rpm fcef6ade53f01ffe4cd8a7b8c033e176 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/zq1/vim-5.7-72.src.rpm e3d554b1354208ca6175c4757bab0373 Sparc Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/a1/vim-5.7-54.sparc.rpm 6746fc4eafc91ba5fa6d6377f22efdbd source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.1/zq1/vim-5.7-54.src.rpm de427c49af200e5fefa62a39959eaaaf SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/a1/vim-5.7-54.sparc.rpm 7648859cc6a584ce1a2715cf7bc34bdc source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/zq1/vim-5.7-54.src.rpm 934385ba01d59fc7bdd1bbaeca0cf260 AXP Alpha Platform: SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/a1/vim-5.7-57.alpha.rpm ebe9dfc83dd1294b83d6b3aaad92fca0 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/7.0/zq1/vim-5.7-57.src.rpm 038ab54d8a08f96b61118373f5e00948 SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/a1/vim-5.7-57.alpha.rpm 24d5f1365522d267650be44f80ab0b52 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/zq1/vim-5.7-57.src.rpm 0a7a5bbde8e645254f4a5bd6cd402943 SuSE-6.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/a1/vim-5.7-57.alpha.rpm b496518ea1640852e17ddb1274759fc4 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/zq1/vim-5.7-57.src.rpm 1760adfac8e70bff334d74330acbefed SuSE-6.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/a1/vim-5.7-57.alpha.rpm dc633df2ac8fafa41c76d5c0216ed149 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/zq1/vim-5.7-57.src.rpm 610088cca725fec62a4e7d6f1b030af1 PPC PowerPC Platform: SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/a1/vim-5.7-20.ppc.rpm 0b9ecb77901b15a90bf25623701d834b source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/zq1/vim-5.7-20.src.rpm 3224f60fa80f27a9fb249a69c0ceaf01 SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/a1/vim-5.7-19.ppc.rpm 2044541d409bd756a166a75515214ffa source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/zq1/vim-5.7-19.src.rpm cac70ab3c2dee163d490bd85126f70aa gvim: ----- i386 Intel Platform: SuSE-7.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/xap2/gvim-5.7-79.i386.rpm 066d163c43a6bb58f7a4a3770f179770 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/zq1/gvim-5.7-79.src.rpm e6e92c8c4de39bd3a5899a55d6003d82 SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/xap1/gvim-5.7-79.i386.rpm 16973a740f4a1fc2f2a189f036a10fe9 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.0/zq1/gvim-5.7-79.src.rpm fecbd910f57b351e992f7b7015e3149b SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/xap1/gvim-5.7-78.i386.rpm 1700470566ac4fb2e5588771f07638ed source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.4/zq1/gvim-5.7-78.src.rpm 43a49e33acb8b9f017e6e5846ba636df SuSE-6.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/xap1/gvim-5.7-78.i386.rpm db2abf1a9414b36466eb3d1186df5a7e source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.3/zq1/gvim-5.7-78.src.rpm 0b0b50b4987d594ee48a146e939f7152 SuSE-6.2 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/xap1/gvim-5.7-77.i386.rpm 125171df7f45c80c10ea0fd52f944a6a source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/zq1/gvim-5.7-77.src.rpm 634e7b355274aed0af0fd7ac83218d78 SuSE-6.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/xap1/gvim-5.7-78.i386.rpm 1d18996bf9666269db7893ae340e5642 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/zq1/gvim-5.7-78.src.rpm 9279a59d6eb1942186e1233c6f0ebcf1 Sparc Platform: SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/xap1/gvim-5.7-59.sparc.rpm d415a24027510882b68d4ddcf1970ab4 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/sparc/update/7.0/zq1/gvim-5.7-59.src.rpm 57bfa58f0f7c46354edc78f0fc694d43 AXP Alpha Platform: SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/xap1/gvim-5.7-57.alpha.rpm 4cd25502d4ac5067fc64cd917ebd9018 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.4/zq1/gvim-5.7-57.src.rpm 347a84634805a6efa1ebf76df2a8ddb5 SuSE-6.3 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/xap1/gvim-5.7-57.alpha.rpm 5808f168b8632c85518d61ecec33e3d1 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.3/zq1/gvim-5.7-57.src.rpm 9402b1f0440b71a6aa0c1a60748dd26d SuSE-6.1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/xap1/gvim-5.7-57.alpha.rpm b74d1cb6f7200d0bcf6ddbe1310e28c7 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/zq1/gvim-5.7-57.src.rpm 599e9ed0a326a9b86a6584f0a24ae4ad PPC PowerPC Paltform: SuSE-7.0 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/xap1/gvim-5.7-58.ppc.rpm 27e579ff062662425a3581da6d08bce9 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/7.0/zq1/gvim-5.7-58.src.rpm 42a9a5b423848bbe381251c15a095a65 SuSE-6.4 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/xap1/gvim-5.7-57.ppc.rpm 07b386f3dbaca5c9b3f8c440ba59c782 source rpm: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/update/6.4/zq1/gvim-5.7-57.src.rpm 4ddef3c55da33c3b548dd055d3d9b75b ______________________________________________________________________________ 2) Pending vulnerabilities in SuSE Distributions and Workarounds: - We are in the process of preparing update packages for the man package which has been found vulnerable to a commandline format string bug. The man command is installed suid man on SuSE systems. When exploited, the bug can be used to install a different man binary to introduce a trojan into the system. As an interim workaround, we recommend to `chmod -s /usr/bin/manī and ignore the warnings and errors when viewing manpages. - A bufferoverflow in sudo was discovered and fixed RPMs will be available as soon as possible. A exploit was not made public until now. - NEdit a GUI-style text editor needs an update due to a tmp race condition. The source code is currently being reviewed and new RPMs will be available within the next days. ______________________________________________________________________________ 3) standard appendix: SuSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may subscribe: suse-security@suse.com - general/linux/SuSE security discussion. All SuSE security announcements are sent to this list. 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