Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:41:09 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@LINUX-MANDRAKE.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: MDKSA-2001:007 – shadow-utils update
Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
Package name: shadow-utils Date: January 10th, 2001 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2001:007 Affected versions: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
Problem Description:
WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in
the useradd program contained in the shadow-utils package. The
useradd program creates it’s temporary files in the protected
directory /etc/default, but if this directory is changed to world
writable, a problem could occur. This update corrects the
problem.
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:
c8eeb7167bcdeff6e204c46d3adabb43
6.0/RPMS/shadow-utils-980403-7.1mdk.i586.rpm
31bd9d8cb7358ab147df02f7fd49365a
6.0/SRPMS/shadow-utils-980403-7.1mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 6.1:
bcb7fda83dc076caa7bb4b89b3c87cc9
6.1/RPMS/shadow-utils-980403-7.1mdk.i586.rpm
31bd9d8cb7358ab147df02f7fd49365a
6.1/SRPMS/shadow-utils-980403-7.1mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.0:
1a5a4e7b7c1dffe8a3dbdee8a2302da8
7.0/RPMS/shadow-utils-19990827-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
aefcce82330b0add83a3583aa0943cb4
7.0/SRPMS/shadow-utils-19990827-4.1mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
2b09ae303792a3806ccd0d5598319b3b
7.1/RPMS/shadow-utils-19990827-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
aefcce82330b0add83a3583aa0943cb4
7.1/SRPMS/shadow-utils-19990827-4.1mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
416d563bbbbbb4d81b02efa79331aa3e
7.2/RPMS/shadow-utils-19990827-8.1mdk.i586.rpm
3c9f388210b48dfdeb4eb1ec3dba5146
7.2/SRPMS/shadow-utils-19990827-8.1mdk.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
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