Synopsis

kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues as well as
other bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (32 bit
architectures)

This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact
by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described
below:

• a flaw in network IGMP processing that a allowed a remote user on the
  local network to cause a denial of service (disabling of multicast reports)
  if the system is running multicast applications (CVE-2002-2185, moderate)
  
• a race condition that allowed local users to read the environment
  variables of another process (CVE-2004-1058, low)
  
• a flaw in the open_exec function of execve that allowed a local user to
  read setuid ELF binaries that should otherwise be protected by standard
  permissions. (CVE-2004-1073, moderate). Red Hat originally reported this
  flaw as being fixed by RHSA-2004:504, but a patch for this issue was
  missing from that update.
  
• a flaw in the coda module that allowed a local user to cause a denial of
  service (crash) or possibly gain privileges (CVE-2005-0124, moderate)
  
• a potential leak of kernel data from ext2 file system handling
  (CVE-2005-0400, low)
  
• flaws in ISO-9660 file system handling that allowed the mounting of
  an invalid image on a CD-ROM to cause a denial of service (crash)
  or potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2005-0815, moderate)
  
• a flaw in gzip/zlib handling internal to the kernel that may allow a
  local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-2458, low)
  
• a flaw in procfs handling during unloading of modules that allowed a
  local user to cause a denial of service or potentially gain privileges
  (CVE-2005-2709, moderate)
  
• a flaw in IPv6 network UDP port hash table lookups that allowed a local
  user to cause a denial of service (hang) (CVE-2005-2973, important)
  
• a network buffer info leak using the orinoco driver that allowed a remote
  user to possibly view uninitialized data (CVE-2005-3180, important)
  
• a flaw in IPv4 network TCP and UDP netfilter handling that allowed a
  local user to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-3275, important)
  
• a flaw in the IPv6 flowlabel code that allowed a local user to cause a
  denial of service (crash) (CVE-2005-3806, important)
  

The following bugs were also addressed:

• Handle set_brk() errors in binfmt_elf/aout
  
• Correct error handling in shmem_ioctl
  
• Correct scsi error return
  
• Fix netdump time keeping bug
  
• Fix netdump link-down freeze
  
• Fix FAT fs deadlock
  

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 users are advised to upgrade their kernels
to the packages associated with their machine architectures and
configurations as listed in this erratum.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 133115 - CVE-2004-1058 /proc/<PID>/cmdline information disclosure
• BZ - 137214 - netconsole freezes during printk() when output link not up
• BZ - 144155 - binfmt_aout DoS
• BZ - 146081 - CVE-2005-0124 Coverity: coda fs flaw
• BZ - 152401 - CVE-2005-0400 ext2 mkdir() directory entry random kernel memory leak
• BZ - 152407 - CVE-2005-0815 isofs range checking flaws
• BZ - 152553 - CVE-2004-1073 looks unfixed in RHEL2.1
• BZ - 165682 - CVE-2005-2458 gzip/zlib flaws
• BZ - 168926 - CVE-2005-2709 More sysctl flaws
• BZ - 170280 - CVE-2005-3180 orinoco driver information leakage
• BZ - 170777 - CVE-2005-2973 ipv6 infinite loop
• BZ - 171387 - CVE-2005-3275 NAT DoS
• BZ - 174085 - CVE-2005-3806 ipv6 DOS
• BZ - 174811 - CVE-2002-2185 IGMP DoS

CVEs

• CVE-2005-2973
• CVE-2002-2185
• CVE-2005-2458
• CVE-2005-2709
• CVE-2005-3806
• CVE-2004-1058
• CVE-2005-3180
• CVE-2005-3275
• CVE-2005-0815
• CVE-2005-0400
• CVE-2005-0124

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2

SRPM
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2

SRPM
i386