New groff packages available to fix security problems

Advisory:	RHSA-2002:004-11
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2002-01-07
Last updated on:	2002-03-13
Affected Products:	Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2
OVAL:	N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2001-1022 CVE-2002-0003

Details

New groff packages have been made available that fix an overflow in groff.
If the printing system running this is a security issue, it is recommended
to update to the new, fixed packages.

Groff is a document formatting system. The groff preprocessor contains an
exploitable buffer overflow. If groff can be invoked within the LPRng
printing system, an attacker can gain rights as the "lp" user.

Remote exploitation may be possible if lpd is running and is accessible
remotely, and the attacker knows the name of the printer and spoolfile.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2002-0003 to this issue.

Thanks to zen-parse for bringing this bug to our attention.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Linux 7.0

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/groff-1.16-7.1.1.src.rpm Missing file	`2d8f124e3501a67d3869b2adb0e4ae9b`

Alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/groff-1.16-7.1.1.alpha.rpm Missing file	`99047829eb9ebd1d4db859f3b64b8a76`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/groff-gxditview-1.16-7.1.1.alpha.rpm Missing file	`3d4a15c5644c1bd2c24dae31f1095f4d`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/groff-perl-1.16-7.1.1.alpha.rpm Missing file	`10e4f6583732fbf51bc23ab186c7b7bb`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/groff-1.16-7.1.1.i386.rpm Missing file	`75beca33b7eeb77603c86e6219e0d26e`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/groff-gxditview-1.16-7.1.1.i386.rpm Missing file	`93740b2ae27732d73e6e81d369293a0b`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/groff-perl-1.16-7.1.1.i386.rpm Missing file	`2b36d02d479bed1ab7d58dd692dc0a51`

Red Hat Linux 7.1

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.src.rpm Missing file	`1d4e9b5068fcf178ddacf032c0db523d`

Alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/alpha/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.alpha.rpm Missing file	`93cbf905335c1474ed9e632c0ec83738`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/alpha/groff-gxditview-1.17.2-7.0.2.alpha.rpm Missing file	`1d837785e127b4b9dc719b1f232816c6`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/alpha/groff-perl-1.17.2-7.0.2.alpha.rpm Missing file	`465db9810916d6a346b75534c8e2cdc1`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm Missing file	`f3181dd6c32ffc9478721244b77c89af`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/groff-gxditview-1.17.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm Missing file	`70ea6d89f289177fa4291e319347b3de`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/groff-perl-1.17.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm Missing file	`d6d520d69decc1c2243daa8179e956d7`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/ia64/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.ia64.rpm Missing file	`4f08644532e54b8c3553b04148424e56`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/ia64/groff-gxditview-1.17.2-7.0.2.ia64.rpm Missing file	`c340eacc8bc4ad85894c200ef37cb715`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/ia64/groff-perl-1.17.2-7.0.2.ia64.rpm Missing file	`82f6a180010606b6f0a7bd97aab39f42`

Red Hat Linux 7.2

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.src.rpm Missing file	`1d4e9b5068fcf178ddacf032c0db523d`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm Missing file	`f3181dd6c32ffc9478721244b77c89af`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/groff-gxditview-1.17.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm Missing file	`70ea6d89f289177fa4291e319347b3de`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/groff-perl-1.17.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm Missing file	`d6d520d69decc1c2243daa8179e956d7`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.ia64.rpm Missing file	`4f08644532e54b8c3553b04148424e56`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/groff-gxditview-1.17.2-7.0.2.ia64.rpm Missing file	`c340eacc8bc4ad85894c200ef37cb715`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/groff-perl-1.17.2-7.0.2.ia64.rpm Missing file	`82f6a180010606b6f0a7bd97aab39f42`

s390:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/s390/groff-1.17.2-7.0.2.s390.rpm Missing file	`cfaac7783c958b90d50a8c4e7f2b5ad4`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/s390/groff-gxditview-1.17.2-7.0.2.s390.rpm Missing file	`488f1e2d9cf0c0c31ceb906243583654`
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/s390/groff-perl-1.17.2-7.0.2.s390.rpm Missing file	`06ebd59f8752df6ffc3ea8dd61443727`

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-1022
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0003
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0003

Keywords

groff, security

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