perl-Digest-MD5 UTF8 bug results in incorrect MD5 sums
| Advisory: | RHSA-2002:081-06 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Security Advisory |
| Severity: | N/A |
| Issued on: | 2002-05-06 |
| Last updated on: | 2002-05-10 |
| Affected Products: | Red Hat Linux 7.3 |
| CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
CVE-2002-0703 |
Details
Updated perl-Digest-MD5 packages are available which work around a bug in
the utf8 interaction between perl-Digest-MD5 and Perl.
A bug in utf8 interaction between perl-Digest-MD5 and Perl results in utf8
strings having improper MD5 digests. This update works around the problem
and provides correct checksums for all input.
To determine if a machine is vulnerable, run the following command at a
shell prompt:
perl -le 'use Digest::MD5 qw/md5_hex/; $s = "test\x{101}"; chop $s; print
(md5_hex($s) eq md5_hex("test") ? "ok" : "not ok")'
If the output is any message other than "ok" then an upgrade is
recommended. All 7.3 systems are vulnerable; no earlier versions should
have this issue.
Solution
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 7.3 | |
| SRPMS: | |
| ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/perl-Digest-MD5/2.20-1/SRPMS/perl-Digest-MD5-2.20-1.src.rpm Missing file |
MD5: 19f256d961bdd48a3986b113d48aa07e |
| IA-32: | |
| ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/repository/NULL/perl-Digest-MD5/2.20-1/i386/perl-Digest-MD5-2.20-1.i386.rpm Missing file |
MD5: eadfe2a31835a906d895752f61fb533e |
References
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