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Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: wu-ftpd update

Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:33:51 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@LINUX-MANDRAKE.COM

To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: MDKSA-2001:001 – wu-ftpd update


                Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory
                                

Package name:           wu-ftpd
Date:                   January 10th, 2001
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2001:001

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

Problem Description:

WireX discovered a temporary file creation bug in the 2.6.1
release of wu-ftpd. The problem exists in the privatepw helper
program. As well, Linux-Mandrake 7.2 users must update to this
package as it fixes security problems as discussed in the prior
advisory, MDKSA-2000:014, which had not been previously addressed
for 7.2.


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:
2eeaebf58b97423d2f3865bc90aceae1
6.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8
6.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 6.1:
84c34e582229a8a9c603cf0d4d47ae19
6.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8
6.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.0:
f90d0722c3804cc9ddd785745daffba7
7.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8
7.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
b3d4c2e601cc8a436813060b3db1c812
7.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8
7.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
4a0d0bd05592b44e8b8cb4915223b789
7.2/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.3mdk.i586.rpm
3a771b2820319c25d85e49e0ba19a47f
7.2/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.3mdk.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
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Optionally, you can use the web interface to subscribe to or
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http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3#security

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