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Synopsis	Updated ncurses4 compat packages are available

Advisory ID	RHSA-2002:020-05

Issue Date	2002-01-29

Updated On	2002-02-19

Product	Red Hat Linux

Keywords	ncurses4 buffer overrun overflow ncurses5

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1. Topic:

Updated ncurses4 compatability packages which fix a potential security
problem are available.

2. Problem description:

The ncurses library provides a terminal-independent method of screen
handling.

A problem has been found in ncurses version 5.0 that could cause a buffer
overflow. This overflow could be locally exploited if the library is
linked into a program that runs setuid or setgid.

Red Hat Linux ships with a compatibility package 'ncurses4' that is
actually based on ncurses version 5.0 but has been made ABI compatible
with ncurses 4.

No programs that ship with Red Hat Linux are exploitable. A program could
only be exploited if it uses the ncurses 4 compatiblity package and if it
is run setuid or setgid.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the name CAN-2002-0062 to this issue. Thanks to Daniel
Jacobowitz at MontaVista Software for alerting us to this issue.

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

4. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386
Red Hat Linux 7.1 - alpha, i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386

5. RPMs required:

6. 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.

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
53856e0c3219de2fcb4e56600b4eb3b9 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/ncurses4-5.0-5.src.rpm
b470c5cf9eaaa4710a09e114aced3f4d 7.0/en/os/alpha/ncurses4-5.0-5.alpha.rpm
b5ad8bc36c129534192e0dbce582f5ed 7.0/en/os/i386/ncurses4-5.0-5.i386.rpm
53856e0c3219de2fcb4e56600b4eb3b9 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/ncurses4-5.0-5.src.rpm
b470c5cf9eaaa4710a09e114aced3f4d 7.1/en/os/alpha/ncurses4-5.0-5.alpha.rpm
b5ad8bc36c129534192e0dbce582f5ed 7.1/en/os/i386/ncurses4-5.0-5.i386.rpm
53856e0c3219de2fcb4e56600b4eb3b9 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/ncurses4-5.0-5.src.rpm
b5ad8bc36c129534192e0dbce582f5ed 7.2/en/os/i386/ncurses4-5.0-5.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:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0062

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