Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: wu-ftpd update

Jan 11, 2001, 07:39 (2 Talkback[s])

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:33:51 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@LINUX-MANDRAKE.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: MDKSA-2001:001 - wu-ftpd update

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                Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
                                

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Package name:           wu-ftpd
Date:                   January 10th, 2001
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2001:001

Affected versions:      6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2

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Problem Description:

WireX discovered a temporary file creation bug in the 2.6.1 release of wu-ftpd. The problem exists in the privatepw helper program. As well, Linux-Mandrake 7.2 users must update to this package as it fixes security problems as discussed in the prior advisory, MDKSA-2000:014, which had not been previously addressed for 7.2.

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Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command:
rpm --checksig package.rpm
You can get the GPG public key of the Linux-Mandrake Security Team at
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/RPM-GPG-KEYS
If you use MandrakeUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.

Linux-Mandrake 6.0:
2eeaebf58b97423d2f3865bc90aceae1 6.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8 6.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 6.1:
84c34e582229a8a9c603cf0d4d47ae19 6.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8 6.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.0:
f90d0722c3804cc9ddd785745daffba7 7.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8 7.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
b3d4c2e601cc8a436813060b3db1c812 7.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8 7.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
4a0d0bd05592b44e8b8cb4915223b789 7.2/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.3mdk.i586.rpm
3a771b2820319c25d85e49e0ba19a47f 7.2/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.3mdk.src.rpm

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To upgrade automatically, use <<MandrakeUpdate>>.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and uprade with "rpm -Uvh package_name".

You can download the updates directly from:
ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/updates
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/updates

Or try one of the other mirrors listed at:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3.

Updated packages are available in the "updates/[ver]/RPMS/" directory. For example, if you are looking for an updated RPM package for Linux-Mandrake 7.1, look for it in "updates/7.1/RPMS/". Updated source RPMs are available as well, but you generally do not need to download them.

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update, so if you want an immediate upgrade, please use one of the two above-listed mirrors.

You can view other security advisories for Linux-Mandrake at:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security@linux-mandrake.com

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