Re: [Full-disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA 1862-1] New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix privilege escalation

[D-vice <lord.x86@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wrong list dude

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:11 PM, morla <morla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> dann frazier wrote:
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> > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Debian Security Advisory DSA-1862-1                security@xxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.debian.org/security/                           dann frazier
> > Aug 14, 2009                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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> >
> > Package        : linux-2.6
> > Vulnerability  : privilege escalation
> > Problem type   : local
> > Debian-specific: no
> > CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2009-2692
> >
> > A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead
> > to privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
> > identifies the following problem:
> >
> > CVE-2009-2692
> >
> >     Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes discovered an issue with how the
> >     sendpage function is initialized in the proto_ops structure.
> >     Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated
> >     privileges.
> >
> > For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
> > version 2.6.26-17lenny2.
> >
> > For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem will be fixed in
> > updates to linux-2.6 and linux-2.6.24.
> >
> > We recommend that you upgrade your linux-2.6 and user-mode-linux
> > packages.
> >
> > Note: Debian carefully tracks all known security issues across every
> > linux kernel package in all releases under active security support.
> > However, given the high frequency at which low-severity security
> > issues are discovered in the kernel and the resource requirements of
> > doing an update, updates for lower priority issues will normally not
> > be released for all kernels at the same time. Rather, they will be
> > released in a staggered or "leap-frog" fashion.
> >
> > Upgrade instructions
> > - --------------------
> >
> > wget url
> >         will fetch the file for you
> > dpkg -i file.deb
> >         will install the referenced file.
> >
> > If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
> > sources.list as given below:
> >
> > apt-get update
> >         will update the internal database
> > apt-get upgrade
> >         will install corrected packages
>
>
> hey,
>
> i think i am missing something over here....
>
> i got lotza debian boxes here that run:
>
>  $ uname -a
> Linux srvdeb-1 2.6.26-1-686-bigmem #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 18:52:29 UTC 2009
> i686 GNU/Linux
>
>
> when i
>  $ aptitude update ; aptitude safe-upgrade
> or
>  $ apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade
>
> it tells me that im up 2 date. but in this release the bug is still
> included,.,.
>
>
> i had to install "linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem" via
>  $ aptitude install linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem
> by hand.
>
> why is this? and how do i ensure that im not being fooled by aptitude or
> apt?
>
>
> regards,
>
> moe
>
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