Mandrake Linux Advisory: util-linux

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           util-linux
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:016
Date:                   February 13th, 2003

Affected versions:      8.2, 9.0
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Problem Description:

 The util-linux package provides the mcookie utility, a tool for 
 generating random cookies that can be used for X authentication.  The 
 util-linux packages that were distributed with Mandrake Linux 8.2 and 
 9.0 had a patch that made it use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random, 
 which resulted in the mcookie being more predictable than it would 
 otherwise be.  This patch has been removed in these updates, giving 
 mcookie a better source of entropy and making the generated cookies 
 less predictable.  Thanks to Dirk Mueller for pointing this out.
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References:
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Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrake Linux 8.2:
 42ff78fc528a12c85074b9930e5dca40  8.2/RPMS/losetup-2.11n-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
 95d6fa4f6657799dc47eaeb5cb77cafc  8.2/RPMS/mount-2.11n-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
 1a0cd7a36dc16fc6229812669d2bfc87  8.2/RPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.i586.rpm
 6bf632bf623ec261d96b63fb267bd4e9  8.2/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2/PPC:
 a63c201ccb44b3db876e8b730644a449  ppc/8.2/RPMS/losetup-2.11n-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
 59bce5df786546785a8425006749d0f0  ppc/8.2/RPMS/mount-2.11n-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
 27591222bc4498183f48fa11f1edbbf3  ppc/8.2/RPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm
 6bf632bf623ec261d96b63fb267bd4e9  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 09586a3e81b2212b8044445fc4559fc5  9.0/RPMS/losetup-2.11u-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 be9751b84f20ec4bc1ced03c4004dcb4  9.0/RPMS/mount-2.11u-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 613661ae3c324580e653330814f74756  9.0/RPMS/util-linux-2.11u-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 757145e95a3a990f0c95589cd0324a71  9.0/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11u-1.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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