Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:21:46 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@linux-mandrake.com
To: Linux Mandrake Security Announcements
security-announce@linux-mandrake.com
Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:069 – tcsh update
Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
Package name: tcsh
Date: November 13th, 2000
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:069
Affected versions: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
Problem Description:
A vulnerability exists with tcsh when using the in-here
documents with the << syntax. When doing this, tcsh uses a
temporary file to store the data. Unfortunately, the temporary file
is not created securely and standard symlink attacks can be used to
make tcsh overwrite arbitrary files.
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 6.0:
1870a7480af74a09d3fbcb743be4d68b
6.0/RPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
4137396e407c173227ee4cefb35bbb89
6.0/SRPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 6.1:
c6a888050c151bb8caf9f9e448e6a99d
6.1/RPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
4137396e407c173227ee4cefb35bbb89
6.1/SRPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.0:
b2ff9906f77f4f8f738f85aedcd6d1ce
7.0/RPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
4137396e407c173227ee4cefb35bbb89
7.0/SRPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
8e917a65861dd246f2a55786415395f5
7.1/RPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
4137396e407c173227ee4cefb35bbb89
7.1/SRPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.2mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
14284cbb343a88bcceca0fff6a0e6416
7.2/RPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
190fbcfe6c8329274290445add4c3065
7.2/SRPMS/tcsh-6.09.04-1.1mdk.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
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