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Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: imwheel buffer overflow
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:016-02
Issue date: 2000-04-20
Updated on: 2000-04-21
Product: Red Hat Powertools
Keywords: imwheel buffer imwheel-solo
Cross references: N/A
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1. Topic:
A buffer overflow exists in imwheel
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - i386 alpha sparc
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - i386 alpha sparc
3. Problem description:
A vulnerability exists in the imwheel package where local users can execute
arbitrary commands as root.
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):
N/A
6. Obsoleted by:
N/A
7. Conflicts with:
N/A
8. RPMs required:
Red Hat Powertools 6.1:
intel:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/i386/imwheel-0.9.8-1.i386.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/alpha/imwheel-0.9.8-1.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/sparc/imwheel-0.9.8-1.sparc.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.1/SRPMS/imwheel-0.9.8-1.src.rpm
Red Hat Powertools 6.2:
intel:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/imwheel-0.9.8-1.i386.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/imwheel-0.9.8-1.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/imwheel-0.9.8-1.sparc.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/SRPMS/imwheel-0.9.8-1.src.rpm
9. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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fa97ae01087560b01ef0c08266e097b5 6.1/sparc/imwheel-0.9.8-1.sparc.rpm
921c50608059cd74840d070e5f538202 6.1/SRPMS/imwheel-0.9.8-1.src.rpm
0350d5be826d54f80948f4a4e9de6101 6.1/i386/imwheel-0.9.8-1.i386.rpm
f1cc900d060fec5546a229f0a7a4d48d 6.1/alpha/imwheel-0.9.8-1.alpha.rpm
fa97ae01087560b01ef0c08266e097b5 6.2/sparc/imwheel-0.9.8-1.sparc.rpm
0350d5be826d54f80948f4a4e9de6101 6.2/i386/imwheel-0.9.8-1.i386.rpm
f1cc900d060fec5546a229f0a7a4d48d 6.2/alpha/imwheel-0.9.8-1.alpha.rpm
921c50608059cd74840d070e5f538202 6.2/SRPMS/imwheel-0.9.8-1.src.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 <filename>
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 <filename>
10. References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/vdb/bottom.html?vid=1060
