Red Hat Linux Security Advisory
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Synopsis	Updated joe packages are available for Red Hat Linux 5.2, 6.x and 7.

Advisory ID	RHSA-2001:024-03

Issue Date	2001-02-28

Updated On	2001-03-02

Product	Red Hat Linux

Keywords	joe joerc cwd DEADJOE symlink vulnerability

Cross References

Obsoletes	RHSA-2000:110

1. Topic:

Updated joe packages are available for Red Hat Linux 5.2, 6.x and 7.

2. Problem description:

When starting, joe looks for a configuration file in the current working
directory, the user's home directory, and /etc/joe.

A malicious user could create a .joerc file in a world writable directory
such as /tmp and make users running joe inside that directory using a
.joerc file that is customized to execute commands with their own userids.

The current working directory has been removed from the list of possible
directories with the .joerc configuration file.

3. Bug IDs fixed: (see bugzilla for more information)

30031 - joe tries to use ./.joerc

4. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 5.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386

5. RPMs required:

6. Solution:

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh

where 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 directly *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.

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
95488606ed844778f2a521ad0325f507  5.2/en/os/SRPMS/joe-2.8-43.52.src.rpm
2dc3a1c635eded9cbb6fc16dab977606  5.2/en/os/alpha/joe-2.8-43.52.alpha.rpm
ea707c3f5c2fd31673b44865ac589288  5.2/en/os/i386/joe-2.8-43.52.i386.rpm
5bd049373c8fd6441294d29c1b39d86d  5.2/en/os/sparc/joe-2.8-43.52.sparc.rpm
592fd7aa75424a973b6ee9616f64795b  6.2/en/os/SRPMS/joe-2.8-43.62.src.rpm
0f024c104d66746002dd9901e90232cc  6.2/en/os/alpha/joe-2.8-43.62.alpha.rpm
4a267a16e25cf49bffaa5e2a8d14060c  6.2/en/os/i386/joe-2.8-43.62.i386.rpm
c75027b88a9d2c36064c3ae57e914887  6.2/en/os/sparc/joe-2.8-43.62.sparc.rpm
457e77acf9ca708332cb761dfe476f64  7.0/en/os/SRPMS/joe-2.8-43.7.src.rpm
54314afa4b55889eb86413119379e29b  7.0/en/os/alpha/joe-2.8-43.7.alpha.rpm
86c53275430df95d2674b2805c960f5c  7.0/en/os/i386/joe-2.8-43.7.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/about/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

Note that you need RPM >= 3.0 to check GnuPG keys.

8. References:

WSIR-01/02-02