Bug#378324: marked as done (local root hole (race condition in /proc))
Your message dated Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:20:54 +0200
with message-id <20060720122054.GA11511@dp.vpn.nusquama.org>
and subject line fixed in 2.6.8-1[2456]sarge4
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
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Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686
Version: 2.6.8-16sarge3
Severity: critical
Tags: security
See: http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047907.html
Workaround is simple: mount /proc as nosuid
The linux-2.6 packages in unstable are not affected (since they don't include
a.out support).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-3-686 depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii initrd-tools 0.1.81.1 tools to create initrd image for p
ii module-init-tools 3.2-pre1-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
-- no debconf information
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Version: 2.6.8-16sarge4
This vulnerability (CVE-2006-3626) has been fixed for sarge
as part of DSA-1111-1.
Kernels in unstable are no longer vulnerable as of 2.6.17-4.
cheers,
Max
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