TurboLinux Security Announcement - xlockmore-4.16 and earlier contain a buffer overflow in -mode which allow an attacker to reveal arbitrary portions of xlock's address space including the shadow password file. TurboLinux security announcments here.
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TurboLinux Security Announcement
Package: xlockmore-4.16 and earlier
Date: Mon May 29 20:29:06 PDT 2000
Affected TurboLinux versions: 6.0.4 and earlier; 6.0.5 NOT affected
Vulnerability Type: local users can view shadowed password file
TurboLinux Advisory ID#: TLSA2000012-1
Credits: This vulnerability was discovered by COVERT labs at
Network Associates, Inc., published to BUGTRAQ Mon, 29 May 2000.
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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update the package in your installation as soon as possible or
disable the service.
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1. Problem Summary
From the COVERT labs NAI advisory:
"The xlock program locks an X server until a valid password is entered.
The command line option -mode provides a user with a mechanism to
change the default display shown when the X server is locked. xlock
is installed with privileges to obtain password information, although
these are dropped as early as possible. An overflow in the -mode
command line option allows a malicious attacker to reveal arbitrary
portions of xlock's address space including the shadow password file."
2. Impact
A local user can use the overflow to read the shadowed password file.
3. Solution
Update the package from our ftp server by running the following command:
rpm -Fvh ftp_path_to_filename
Where ftp_path_to_filename is the following:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/xlockmore-4.16.1-1.i386.rpm
The source RPM can be downloaded here:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/SRPMS/xlockmore-4.16.1-1.src.rpm
**Note: You must rebuild and install the RPM if you choose to download
and install the SRPM. Simply installing the SRPM alone WILL NOT CLOSE
THE SECURITY HOLE.
Please verify the MD5 checksum of the update before you install:
MD5 sum Package Name
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4987a64d63c0e803e61df11c106d33a3 xlockmore-4.16.1-1.i386.rpm
fc29032bbef8b9d111b9cadd43954ecc xlockmore-4.16.1-1.src.rpm
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These packages are GPG signed by Turbolinux for security. Our key
is available here:
https://www.turbolinux.com/security/tlgpgkey.asc
To verify a package, use the following command:
rpm --checksig name_of_rpm
To examine only the md5sum, use the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg name_of_rpm
**Note: Checking GPG keys requires RPM 3.0 or higher.
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You can find more updates on our ftp server:
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/ for TL6.0 Workstation
and Server security updates
ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/4.0/security/ for TL4.0 Workstation
and Server security updates
Our webpage for security announcements:
https://www.turbolinux.com/security
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact:
rt-security@turbolinux.com
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