Issued:
2007-11-15
Updated:
2007-11-15

RHSA-2007:0969 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: util-linux security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

Updated util-linux packages that fix a security issue are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

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

Description

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function.

A flaw was discovered in the way that the mount and umount utilities
used the setuid and setgid functions, which could lead to privileges being
dropped improperly. A local user could use this flaw to run mount helper
applications such as, mount.nfs, with additional privileges (CVE-2007-5191).

Users are advised to update to these erratum packages which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.1 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 320041 - CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c2605f17831b47cdea1e6bfaac69b6f4d889e2f7b53d21b14a6f0e1762353dd5
x86_64
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15fc9102867243054a5829be597b5a6dd4fc68eed49eacd662cf81ace745d2e8
ia64
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 6eec00619ce3a60e165ebaca993d5e8364171d98a3094b02d5d2ca5b8ddfc017
i386
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: f2b1eedc6a045e001681b974934843169c1b365301daea49875f0d4e536bcdad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
x86_64
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7294e4d0c5c4bed0a11c4f170bab19ea8950197cc1e3930fa0fa3e6904053332
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7294e4d0c5c4bed0a11c4f170bab19ea8950197cc1e3930fa0fa3e6904053332
ia64
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2e7d3c3d0635a54445c95e69a9150499596a2706a8f57455c89a65237c98c7c4
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2e7d3c3d0635a54445c95e69a9150499596a2706a8f57455c89a65237c98c7c4
i386
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50f76887f78375a2618858387f626ce3208c97e6cc3a7b5a635f95dd884db0fe
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50f76887f78375a2618858387f626ce3208c97e6cc3a7b5a635f95dd884db0fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.1

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
x86_64
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7294e4d0c5c4bed0a11c4f170bab19ea8950197cc1e3930fa0fa3e6904053332
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7294e4d0c5c4bed0a11c4f170bab19ea8950197cc1e3930fa0fa3e6904053332
ia64
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2e7d3c3d0635a54445c95e69a9150499596a2706a8f57455c89a65237c98c7c4
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2e7d3c3d0635a54445c95e69a9150499596a2706a8f57455c89a65237c98c7c4
i386
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50f76887f78375a2618858387f626ce3208c97e6cc3a7b5a635f95dd884db0fe
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50f76887f78375a2618858387f626ce3208c97e6cc3a7b5a635f95dd884db0fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c2605f17831b47cdea1e6bfaac69b6f4d889e2f7b53d21b14a6f0e1762353dd5
x86_64
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15fc9102867243054a5829be597b5a6dd4fc68eed49eacd662cf81ace745d2e8
i386
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: f2b1eedc6a045e001681b974934843169c1b365301daea49875f0d4e536bcdad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
x86_64
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7294e4d0c5c4bed0a11c4f170bab19ea8950197cc1e3930fa0fa3e6904053332
ia64
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2e7d3c3d0635a54445c95e69a9150499596a2706a8f57455c89a65237c98c7c4
i386
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50f76887f78375a2618858387f626ce3208c97e6cc3a7b5a635f95dd884db0fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c2605f17831b47cdea1e6bfaac69b6f4d889e2f7b53d21b14a6f0e1762353dd5
x86_64
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15fc9102867243054a5829be597b5a6dd4fc68eed49eacd662cf81ace745d2e8
i386
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: f2b1eedc6a045e001681b974934843169c1b365301daea49875f0d4e536bcdad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
x86_64
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7294e4d0c5c4bed0a11c4f170bab19ea8950197cc1e3930fa0fa3e6904053332
i386
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50f76887f78375a2618858387f626ce3208c97e6cc3a7b5a635f95dd884db0fe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c2605f17831b47cdea1e6bfaac69b6f4d889e2f7b53d21b14a6f0e1762353dd5
s390x
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d6e5900a843a71897976da34780f8f351a85f3d63cc0141a60c77c58555af45e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
s390x
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 98ce4c4d7c36809f245c279b6e7d42e4919ae4e34a0e724bee4aea3c2d44a583
s390
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: dbb6cb59172c6f1df609247bd0da5de9e344665a8a7d5ca59bb1ef5aca96625f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3

SRPM
s390x
s390

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1

SRPM
s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
s390x
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 98ce4c4d7c36809f245c279b6e7d42e4919ae4e34a0e724bee4aea3c2d44a583
s390
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: dbb6cb59172c6f1df609247bd0da5de9e344665a8a7d5ca59bb1ef5aca96625f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c2605f17831b47cdea1e6bfaac69b6f4d889e2f7b53d21b14a6f0e1762353dd5
ppc
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 6f0d307917368b786cf577aa258801df8484b1f237d2112718424dec77e58969

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
ppc
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 8803e501b4c8317b67f505f203e71c01f8e7bf970432ed161cd27eab90d91f15

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.1

SRPM
ppc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.6

SRPM
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 90923651faa969936c1618dca98bbf6687ced124f173b26bb0e3cc8560d60819
ppc
util-linux-2.12a-17.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 8803e501b4c8317b67f505f203e71c01f8e7bf970432ed161cd27eab90d91f15

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c2605f17831b47cdea1e6bfaac69b6f4d889e2f7b53d21b14a6f0e1762353dd5
x86_64
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 15fc9102867243054a5829be597b5a6dd4fc68eed49eacd662cf81ace745d2e8
i386
util-linux-2.13-0.45.el5_1.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: f2b1eedc6a045e001681b974934843169c1b365301daea49875f0d4e536bcdad

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