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                                    CERT-Renater

                         Note d'Information No. 2011/VULN205
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DATE                      : 09/03/2011

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       :  SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop version 11,
                              SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11,
                              SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension version 11
                               running Linux kernel version prior to 2.6.32.29.

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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-03/msg00001.html
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                         SUSE Security Announcement

         Package:                kernel
         Announcement ID:        SUSE-SA:2011:012
         Date:                   Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:00:00 +0000
         Affected Products:      SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11
SP1
                                 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
                                 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
         Vulnerability Type:     remote denial of service, local privilege escalation
         CVSS v2 Base Score:     8.3 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
         SUSE Default Package:   yes
         Cross-References:       CVE-2010-2943, CVE-2010-3699, CVE-2010-3705
                                 CVE-2010-3858, CVE-2010-3875, CVE-2010-3876
                                 CVE-2010-3877, CVE-2010-4075, CVE-2010-4076
                                 CVE-2010-4077, CVE-2010-4163, CVE-2010-4243
                                 CVE-2010-4342, CVE-2010-4346, CVE-2010-4526
                                 CVE-2010-4527, CVE-2010-4529, CVE-2010-4650
                                 CVE-2010-4668, CVE-2011-0006, CVE-2011-0710
                                 CVE-2011-0711, CVE-2011-0712

     Content of This Advisory:
         1) Security Vulnerability Resolved:
              Linux kernel security update
            Problem Description
         2) Solution or Work-Around
         3) Special Instructions and Notes
         4) Package Location and Checksums
         5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:
             See SUSE Security Summary Report.
         6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

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1) Problem Description and Brief Discussion

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 1 kernel was updated to
    2.6.32.29 and fixes various bugs and security issues.

    CVE-2010-3875: The ax25_getname function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the
    Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed
    local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel
    stack memory by reading a copy of this structure.

    CVE-2010-3876: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not
    properly initialize certain structure members, which allowed local
    users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack
    memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to read copies of
    the applicable structures.

    CVE-2010-3877: The get_name function in net/tipc/socket.c in the
    Linux kernel did not initialize a certain structure, which allowed
    local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel
    stack memory by reading a copy of this structure.

    CVE-2010-3705: The sctp_auth_asoc_get_hmac function in net/sctp/auth.c
    in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the hmac_ids array of an
    SCTP peer, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
    (memory corruption and panic) via a crafted value in the last element
    of this array.

    CVE-2011-0711: A stack memory information leak in the xfs FSGEOMETRY_V1
    ioctl was fixed.

    CVE-2011-0712: Multiple buffer overflows in the caiaq Native
    Instruments USB audio functionality in the Linux kernel might have
    allowed attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have
    unspecified other impact via a long USB device name, related to (1)
    the snd_usb_caiaq_audio_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/audio.c and
    (2) the snd_usb_caiaq_midi_init function in sound/usb/caiaq/midi.c.

    CVE-2011-0710: The task_show_regs function in arch/s390/kernel/traps.c
    in the Linux kernel on the s390 platform allowed local users to obtain
    the values of the registers of an arbitrary process by reading a
    status file under /proc/.

    CVE-2010-2943: The xfs implementation in the Linux kernel did not
    look up inode allocation btrees before reading inode buffers, which
    allowed remote authenticated users to read unlinked files, or read
    or overwrite disk blocks that are currently assigned to an active
    file but were previously assigned to an unlinked file, by accessing
    a stale NFS file handle.

    CVE-2010-4075: The uart_get_count function in
    drivers/serial/serial_core.c in the Linux kernel did not properly
    initialize a certain structure member, which allowed local users to
    obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory
    via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.

    CVE-2010-4076: The rs_ioctl function in drivers/char/amiserial.c in the
    Linux kernel did not properly initialize a certain structure member,
    which allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information
    from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.

    CVE-2010-4077: The ntty_ioctl_tiocgicount function in
    drivers/char/nozomi.c in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize
    a certain structure member, which allowed local users to obtain
    potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a
    TIOCGICOUNT ioctl call.

    CVE-2010-4243: fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel did not enable the OOM
    Killer to assess use of stack memory by arrays representing the (1)
    arguments and (2) environment, which allows local users to cause a
    denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted exec system call,
    aka an OOM dodging issue, a related issue to CVE-2010-3858.

    CVE-2010-4668: The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c
    in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service
    (panic) via a zero-length I/O request in a device ioctl to a SCSI
    device, related to an unaligned map. NOTE: this vulnerability exists
    because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4163.

    CVE-2010-4529: Integer underflow in the irda_getsockopt function in
    net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel on platforms other than x86
    allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from
    kernel heap memory via an IRLMP_ENUMDEVICES getsockopt call.

    CVE-2010-4342: The aun_incoming function in net/econet/af_econet.c
    in the Linux kernel, when Econet is enabled, allows remote attackers
    to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS)
    by sending an Acorn Universal Networking (AUN) packet over UDP.

    CVE-2010-3699: The backend driver in Xen 3.x allowed guest OS users
    to cause a denial of service via a kernel thread leak, which prevented
    the device and guest OS from being shut down or create a zombie domain,
    causing a hang in zenwatch, or preventing unspecified xm commands from
    working properly, related to (1) netback, (2) blkback, or (3) blktap.

    CVE-2010-4346: The install_special_mapping function in mm/mmap.c in the
    Linux kernel did not make an expected security_file_mmap function call,
    which allows local users to bypass intended mmap_min_addr restrictions
    and possibly conduct NULL pointer dereference attacks via a crafted
    assembly-language application.

    CVE-2010-4650: Fixed a verify_ioctl overflow in "cuse" in the fuse
    filesystem.  The code should only be called by root users though.

    CVE-2010-4526: Race condition in the sctp_icmp_proto_unreachable
    function in net/sctp/input.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote
    attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ICMP unreachable
    message to a socket that is already locked by a user, which causes
    the socket to be freed and triggers list corruption, related to the
    sctp_wait_for_connect function.

    CVE-2010-4527: The load_mixer_volumes function in sound/oss/soundcard.c
    in the OSS sound subsystem in the Linux kernel incorrectly expected
    that a certain name field ends with a '0' character, which allowed
    local users to conduct buffer overflow attacks and gain privileges,
    or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, via a
    SOUND_MIXER_SETLEVELS ioctl call.

    CVE-2011-0006: Fixed a LSM bug in IMA (Integrity Measuring Architecture).
    IMA is not enabled in SUSE kernels, so we were not affected.

2) Solution or Work-Around

    There is no known workaround, please install the update packages.

3) Special Instructions and Notes

    Please reboot the machine after installing the update.

4) Package Location and Checksums

    The preferred method for installing security updates is to use the YaST
    "Online Update" module or the "zypper" commandline tool. The package and
    patch management stack will detect which updates are required and
    automatically perform the necessary steps to verify and install them.

    Alternatively, download the update packages for your distribution manually
    and verify their integrity by the methods listed in Section 6 of this
    announcement. Then install the packages using the command

      rpm -Fhv <file.rpm>

    to apply the update, replacing <file.rpm> with the filename of the
    downloaded RPM package.

    Our maintenance customers are notified individually. The packages are
    offered for installation from the maintenance web:

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b296065a76246d5eb3b84a54249a6ab9
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=37a20332a3477c6790648da1bb44afd0
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=40fa968a3fed1c5ae479db978466dc9b
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a980dec7ad0f6081c9c24832e0e59c6f
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=abeba8d6c807360502c7dfc6ca6f2b4d

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b296065a76246d5eb3b84a54249a6ab9
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=abeba8d6c807360502c7dfc6ca6f2b4d

    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP1
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b296065a76246d5eb3b84a54249a6ab9
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=37a20332a3477c6790648da1bb44afd0
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=40fa968a3fed1c5ae479db978466dc9b
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a980dec7ad0f6081c9c24832e0e59c6f
      http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=abeba8d6c807360502c7dfc6ca6f2b4d

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5) Pending Vulnerabilities, Solutions, and Work-Arounds:

    See SUSE Security Summary Report.
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6) Authenticity Verification and Additional Information

   - Announcement authenticity verification:

     SUSE security announcements are published via mailing lists and on Web
     sites. The authenticity and integrity of a SUSE security announcement is
     guaranteed by a cryptographic signature in each announcement. All SUSE
     security announcements are published with a valid signature.

     To verify the signature of the announcement, save it as text into a file
     and run the command

       gpg --verify <file>

     replacing <file> with the name of the file where you saved the
     announcement. The output for a valid signature looks like:

       gpg: Signature made <DATE> using RSA key ID 3D25D3D9
       gpg: Good signature from "SuSE Security Team <security@suse.de>"

     where <DATE> is replaced by the date the document was signed.

     If the security team's key is not contained in your key ring, you can
     import it from the first installation CD. To import the key, use the
     command

       gpg --import gpg-pubkey-3d25d3d9-36e12d04.asc

   - Package authenticity verification:

     SUSE update packages are available on many mirror FTP servers all over the
     world. While this service is considered valuable and important to the free
     and open source software community, the authenticity and the integrity of
     a package needs to be verified to ensure that it has not been tampered
     with.

     The internal rpm package signatures provide an easy way to verify the
     authenticity of an RPM package. Use the command

      rpm -v --checksig <file.rpm>

     to verify the signature of the package, replacing <file.rpm> with the
     filename of the RPM package downloaded. The package is unmodified if it
     contains a valid signature from build@suse.de with the key ID 9C800ACA.

     This key is automatically imported into the RPM database (on
     RPMv4-based distributions) and the gpg key ring of 'root' during
     installation. You can also find it on the first installation CD and at
     the end of this announcement.

   - SUSE runs two security mailing lists to which any interested party may
     subscribe:

     opensuse-security@opensuse.org
         -   General Linux and SUSE security discussion.
             All SUSE security announcements are sent to this list.
             To subscribe, send an e-mail to
                 <opensuse-security+subscribe@opensuse.org>.

     opensuse-security-announce@opensuse.org
         -   SUSE's announce-only mailing list.
             Only SUSE's security announcements are sent to this list.
             To subscribe, send an e-mail to
                 <opensuse-security-announce+subscribe@opensuse.org>.

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     SUSE's security contact is <security@suse.com> or <security@suse.de>.
     The <security@suse.de> public key is listed below.
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     The information in this advisory may be distributed or reproduced,
     provided that the advisory is not modified in any way. In particular, the
     clear text signature should show proof of the authenticity of the text.

     SUSE Linux Products GmbH provides no warranties of any kind whatsoever
     with respect to the information contained in this security advisory.

Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  2048R/3D25D3D9 1999-03-06 SuSE Security Team <security@suse.de>
pub  1024D/9C800ACA 2000-10-19 SuSE Package Signing Key <build@suse.de>

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