Package name audit
Date April 9th, 2008
Advisory ID MDVSA-2008:083
Affected versions 2008.0, 2008.1
Synopsis Updated audit packages fix vulnerability

Problem Description

Joe Nall reported a stack-based buffer overflow in Audit's log handling
that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
long command argument (CVE-2008-1628).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2008.0

 5c388b3cec134bb2bc570c9ab34f0103  2008.0/i586/audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 4a152d4bb81045cfc98d59fa883f3185  2008.0/i586/libaudit0-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 3490054dc24fd9f870b565d10790986c  2008.0/i586/libaudit-devel-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 64be797dd06d21706ec561cb781777f8  2008.0/i586/libaudit-static-devel-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 2d2d7d31cc0b730e9bc89bacae6a5782  2008.0/i586/python-audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 24067d0c21a44ef6ee534e83da6473de  2008.0/i586/system-config-audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 6eee4f5ed8cb106e37f5966c3f112796  2008.0/SRPMS/audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64

 8c900519e78b7a89cc5984d24c68948d  2008.0/x86_64/audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 4c9d5031d8a7ebdc0b5136cbbc0c2921  2008.0/x86_64/lib64audit0-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 b2dc7d00c34d925a7fd37c320c166047  2008.0/x86_64/lib64audit-devel-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 666b93899443850b22debb3ed26850a9  2008.0/x86_64/lib64audit-static-devel-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 b36304d7c0ddb1e2b20f9e34f8f71327  2008.0/x86_64/python-audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 3e7afa051613cd3e76b930c4abe9a644  2008.0/x86_64/system-config-audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 6eee4f5ed8cb106e37f5966c3f112796  2008.0/SRPMS/audit-1.6.1-5.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.1

 dac71c3cafa7ca376236f4876e83bc19  2008.1/i586/audispd-plugins-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 78b9969d24f90b57eb5e0d758b13979b  2008.1/i586/audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 fdd6573da83e2b25c36baacce0239b0e  2008.1/i586/libaudit0-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 2a5e0099ac9bfb1d0510f7cf6930ef3e  2008.1/i586/libaudit-devel-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 0da5de8573d2e87f2eab3c36148f6ae8  2008.1/i586/libaudit-static-devel-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 98ccd43798fb49cdc507b4be34045d0e  2008.1/i586/python-audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
 36e04ddb3bd5704d9eabdf6f9a72e34f  2008.1/i586/system-config-audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm 
 048ee49d43b23de9a0548dd487aa05ab  2008.1/SRPMS/audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64

 38706b3987e3c028cc1e4b530feae0ab  2008.1/x86_64/audispd-plugins-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 1aeb2075292c201d6f41a740d0a9f86c  2008.1/x86_64/audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 db8c62f5248641507775b8d08f9e16ee  2008.1/x86_64/lib64audit0-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 85c81bdb2242940b35e87b8b29821c1e  2008.1/x86_64/lib64audit-devel-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 8649bc6869faf51fc9ec2fea6d2ea98a  2008.1/x86_64/lib64audit-static-devel-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 8976021b103d5d0a7821f9ec8324665b  2008.1/x86_64/python-audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
 77e1ed778ea69c044b7ee176a93b1880  2008.1/x86_64/system-config-audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm 
 048ee49d43b23de9a0548dd487aa05ab  2008.1/SRPMS/audit-1.6.8-1.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1628

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