Mandrake Linux Security Advisory: rsync

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           rsync
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2002:024-1
Original Advisory Date: March 13th, 2002
Date:                   April 17th, 2002
Affected versions:      7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, Corporate Server 1.0.1,
                        Single Network Firewall 7.2
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Problem Description:

 Ethan Benson discovered a bug in rsync where the supplementary groups
 that the rsync daemon runs as (such as root) would not be removed
 from the server process after changing to the specified unprivileged
 uid and gid.  This seems only serious if rsync is called using "rsync
 --daemon" from the command line where it will inherit the group of the
 user starting the server (usually root).  Note that, by default,
 Mandrake Linux uses xinetd to handle connections to the rsync daemon.
 This was fixed upstream in version 2.5.3, as well as the previously
 noted zlib fixes (see MDKSA-2002:023).  The authors released 2.5.4 with
 some additional zlib fixes, and all users are encouraged to upgrade to
 this new version of rsync.

Update:

 Mandrake Linux 8.1/ia64 packages are now available.
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References:

 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=132272
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Updated Packages:

 Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
 fdfd74524914606306ab5717b696e030  7.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
 34a71b565a7413ecb4efe48acb4df65f  7.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.src.rpm

 Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
 7eda7d7a7df5bf088a64990bf5c4d70d  7.2/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  7.2/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.0:
 914f020aa62c9ce6fdd61dfce245fc1c  8.0/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  8.0/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.0/ppc:
 c9c5275126721f7aa38f6a4e09742ce9  ppc/8.0/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1:
 e3733dc91021b997e656fafe86915fe9  8.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  8.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1/ia64:
 ce51599f5e62921a090592a293f68010  ia64/8.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.ia64.rpm
 f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 1.0.1:
 fdfd74524914606306ab5717b696e030  1.0.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
 34a71b565a7413ecb4efe48acb4df65f  1.0.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.src.rpm

 Single Network Firewall 7.2:
 7eda7d7a7df5bf088a64990bf5c4d70d  snf7.2/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  snf7.2/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

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checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one 
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Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of
the downloaded package.  You can do this with the command:

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