Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: diffutils update

Jan 11, 2001, 20:30 (0 Talkback[s])

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:41:45 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@LINUX-MANDRAKE.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: MDKSA-2001:008 - diffutils update

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                Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory

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Package name:           diffutils
Date:                   January 10th, 2001
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2001:008

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

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Problem Description:

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the sdiff program within the diffutils package. This update corrects the problem.

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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:
07f772ddd79ba6403441746be476a139 6.0/RPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.i586.rpm
b9bf1de19be05c040b1542839d54f55c 6.0/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 6.1:
02163569f57a64a7ae58506f96e5b088 6.1/RPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.i586.rpm
b9bf1de19be05c040b1542839d54f55c 6.1/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.0:
1ab31665623d20101fd73c35b81cbc6b 7.0/RPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.i586.rpm
b9bf1de19be05c040b1542839d54f55c 7.0/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
fe29a7f9b1aefbd5945fe9b5e9cdff77 7.1/RPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.i586.rpm
b9bf1de19be05c040b1542839d54f55c 7.1/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.2mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
d8bb189bc4b7c03cba522cf055af20cf 7.2/RPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.1mdk.i586.rpm
56a98958389420a0d97b19d228e37b3c 7.2/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-25.1mdk.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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