===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2000/VULN336 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 06/11/2000 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Red Hat Linux 7.0 ====================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated cyrus-sasl packages available for Red Hat Linux 7 Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:094-01 Issue date: 2000-10-26 Updated on: 2000-10-26 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: cyrus-sasl authorization Cross references: N/A --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated cyrus-sasl packages are now available for Red Hat Linux 7. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386 3. Problem description: An error existed in the authorization checks in the version of cyrus-sasl shipped with Red Hat Linux 7. Due to this bug, users who had been successfully authenticated could be allowed access to resources even if the system had been configured to deny these users access. Versions of cyrus-sasl included in previous releases of Red Hat Power Tools did not implement this function and are not affected by this bug. 4. Solution: For each RPM for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filename] where filename is the name of the RPM. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 18968 - cyrus-sasl-1.5.24 is not the "real" 1.5.24 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.0: i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-11.i386.rpm sources: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-11.src.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6a969df3702bb670ae65cf0824146472 7.0/SRPMS/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-11.src.rpm 59aaec92c60ddaed257bd581d976055b 7.0/i386/cyrus-sasl-1.5.24-11.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg 8. References: N/A Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc. ====================================================================== ========================================================= Les serveurs de référence du CERT-Renater http://www.urec.fr/securite http://www.cru.fr/securite http://www.renater.fr ========================================================= + CERT-RENATER | tel : 01-53-94-20-44 + + 151 bd de l'Hopital | fax : 01-53-94-20-41 + + 75013 Paris | email: certsvp@renater.fr + =========================================================