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Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: nss_ldap update

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 11, 2000

Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 15:44:41 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@linux-mandrake.com

To: Linux Mandrake Security Announcements
security-announce@linux-mandrake.com
Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:066-1 – nss_ldap update


                Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory


Package name:           nss_ldap
Date:                   November 10th, 2000
Orginal Advisory Date:  November 3rd, 2000
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2000:066-1

Affected versions:      7.0, 7.1, 7.2

Problem Description:

A race condition exists in versions of nss_ldap prior to version
121. On a system running nscd, a malicious user can cause the
system to hang.

Update:

Due to a new packaging scheme, the updates have been re-released
with the appropriate revision number.


Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to
upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You
can do this by running the md5sum program on the downloaded package
by using “md5sum package.rpm”.

Linux-Mandrake 7.0:
13907614252952438931877a2dca472a 7.0/RPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
e13fc46e78b1a94a5b4171d890d69dec 7.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.2mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
cde48c8a7e334ebd6a604dd034a294f4 7.1/RPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
fdbc58a88e5e071e18445ec7090e3661 7.1/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
82a506e8c958f054275a027ead7b8b15 7.2/RPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
fdbc58a88e5e071e18445ec7090e3661 7.2/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.1mdk.src.rpm

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


Linux-Mandrake has two security-related mailing list services
that anyone can subscribe to:

security-announce@linux-mandrake.com

Linux-Mandrake’s security announcements mailing list. Only
announcements are sent to this list and it is read-only.

security-discuss@linux-mandrake.com

Linux-Mandrake’s security discussion mailing list. This list is
open to anyone to discuss Linux-Mandrake security specifically and
Linux security in general.

To subscribe to either list, send a message to sympa@linux-mandrake.com with
“subscribe [listname]” in the body of the message.

To remove yourself from either list, send a message to sympa@linux-mandrake.com with
“unsubscribe [listname]” in the body of the message.

To get more information on either list, send a message to
sympa@linux-mandrake.com with
“info [listname]” in the body of the message.

Optionally, you can use the web interface to subscribe to or
unsubscribe from either list:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3#security

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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