
From info@calderasystems.com Wed Apr 28 14:46:51 1999
From: Caldera Systems Information <info@calderasystems.com>
To: caldera-announce@rim.caldera.com
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:06:23 -0600
Reply-To: info@caldera.com
Subject: SECURITY [CSSA-1999:008.0] -- bash

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		   Caldera Systems, Inc.  Security Advisory

Subject: 		bash		
Advisory number: 	CSSA-1999:008.0
Issue date: 		1999 04 26
Cross reference: 
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1. Problem Description

   Commands in directory names may get executed via the prompt string
   

2. Vulnerable Versions

   Systems: 	OpenLinux 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.2.
   Packages: 	previous to bash-1.14.7-10


3. Solutions


   The proper solution is to upgrade to the bash-1.14.7-10 package. 


4. Location of Fixed Packages

   The upgrade packages can be found on Caldera's FTP site at:

   ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/2.2/current/RPMS/

   The corresponding source code package can be found at:

   ftp://ftp.calderaystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/updates/2.2/current/SRPMS


5. Installing Fixed Packages

   Upgrade the affected packages with the following commands:

   rpm -q bash && rpm -i bash-1.14.7-10.i386.rpm


6. Verification

   The MD5 checksums (from the "md5sum" command) for these packages are:

   bda0872dcdb51e12ef8ccd10b201936d  README
   06fe5807ce8873b424738078f1dedf3f  RPMS/bash-1.14.7-10.i386.rpm
   46c483b3ecbd0ee3cc6ae1387ab7f12b  SRPMS/bash-1.14.7-10.src.rpm


7. References

   This and other Caldera security resources are located at:

   http://www.calderasystems.com/news/security/index.html
  
   Additional documentation on this problem can be found in:
  

   This security fix closes Caldera's internal Problem Report 4532.


8. Disclaimer

   Caldera Systems, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse of any of the
   information we provide on this website and/or through our security
   advisories. Our advisories are a service to our customers intended to
   promote secure installation and use of Caldera OpenLinux.

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