Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:17:42 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@LINUX-MANDRAKE.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: MDKSA-2001:016 – webmin update
Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
Package name: webmin Date: January 26th, 2001 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2001:016 Affected versions: 7.1, 7.2, Corporate Server 1.0.1
Problem Description:
Previous versions of webmin would create temporary files
insecurely on several occasions. This could be exploited by a local
attacker to overwrite or create arbitrary files and possibly gain
root privileges.
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 7.1:
72fa7a51badb3adaa3cdc04e8faf9a51
7.1/RPMS/webmin-0.84-1.2mdk.noarch.rpm
7434f066785ae0ebdfe44d7786241456
7.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.84-1.2mdk.src.rpm
Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
ee5ced113e1edeed496bd540fc3d7ed3
7.2/RPMS/webmin-0.84-1.1mdk.noarch.rpm
9c66c3a3a0e2b201c38e6e2fcf918a8b
7.2/SRPMS/webmin-0.84-1.1mdk.src.rpm
Corporate Server 1.0.1:
72fa7a51badb3adaa3cdc04e8faf9a51
1.0.1/RPMS/webmin-0.84-1.2mdk.noarch.rpm
7434f066785ae0ebdfe44d7786241456
1.0.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.84-1.2mdk.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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