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...------------ Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory Synopsis: gpm security flaws have been addressed Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:045-01 Issue date: 2000-07-26 Updated on: 2000-07-26 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: gpm, denial of service, /dev/gpmctl, gpm-root, setgid Cross references: RHSA-2000:044 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: gpm as shipped in Red Hat Linux 5.2 and 6.x contains a number of security problems. Additionally, a denial of service attack via /dev/gpmctl is possible. 2. Relevan...

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...de Path unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 26049 /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100 unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 27468 /tmp/.gdm_socket unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 27527 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 25954 /dev/gpmctl unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 15049145 /var/run/asterisk.ctl unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 25636 /var/run/acpid.socket unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 26134 /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING...

...fected versions: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1 ________________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Many security flaws existed in the gpm package, which is used to control the mouse in a terminal outside of X Windows. As well, a denial of service attack via /dev/gpmctl is possible. All security issues with the gpm package have been addressed with this update. ________________________________________________________________________ Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do...

...??? ram2???? sequencer?? tty11? tty23? tty35? tty47? tty59 ttyUSB0???????? usbdev2.6_ep0b? vcs3 audio1??????? dvd??????????? fd0u1680? full??????? log????? mem ppp?????? ram3???? sequencer2? tty12? tty24? tty36? tty48? tty6 ttyUSB1???????? usbdev2.6_ep81? vcs4 bus?????????? dvd-hdb??????? fd0u1722? gpmctl????? loop0??? mixer ptmx????? ram4???? shm???????? tty13? tty25? tty37? tty49? tty60 ttyUSB2???????? usbdev2.6_ep82? vcs5 cdrom???????? dvdrw????????? fd0u1743? hda???????? loop1??? mixer1 pts?????? ram5???? snapshot??? tty14? tty26? tty38? tty5?? tty61 ttyUSB3???????? usbdev2.6_ep8a? vcs6 cdrom-hd...

....0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* 611/portmap Active UNIX domain sockets (servers and established) Proto RefCnt Flags Type State I-Node PID/Program name Path unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 1359 859/gpm /dev/gpmctl unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 1399 907/xfs /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100 unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 781 508/pump /var/run/pump.sock unix 12 [ ] DGRAM 1042 592/syslogd /dev/log unix 2 [...

...sterisk asterisk 1360 Mar 2 18:06 dahdi drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 80 Mar 2 18:06 disk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 2 18:06 fd -> /proc/self/fd crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Mar 2 18:06 full srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Mar 2 18:06 gpmctl crw------- 1 root root 10, 228 Mar 2 18:06 hpet drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 200 Mar 2 18:06 hpilo prw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 2 18:06 initctl drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 Mar 2 18:06 input crw------- 1 root root 1, 11 Mar 2 18:06...

Hi, I''m a home user who doesn''t understand the workings of the Shorewall firewall (or the linux OS on which I''ve just installed it) very well. Having just installed Shorewall 1.4.6c with a default "home user" configuration I gave it a run against the online ShieldsUp scan. Main surprise was that the ICMP echo was enabled. I''ve since gone into