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Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated licq packagesMar 22, 2001, 22:56 (0 Talkback[s])Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:15:00 -0500 Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated licq packages fixing security problems available Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:023-03 Issue date: 2001-02-28 Updated on: 2001-03-22 Product: Red Hat Powertools Keywords: licq buffer overrun system() system Cross references: Obsoletes: 1. Topic: Updated Red Hat Powertools 6.2 packages fixing two security problems in licq are available. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc 3. Problem description: licq as shipped with Red Hat Powertools 6.2 is vulnerable to two
security problems: 4. Solution: To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh <filenames> where <filenames> is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directly *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Powertools 6.2: SRPMS: alpha: i386: sparc: 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name e2bd0abf397bf9e8824f1b5015719a57 6.2/SRPMS/licq-1.0.2-0.6x.1.src.rpm 5db9f4db511394906cc95acb0bea0cb5 6.2/alpha/licq-1.0.2-0.6x.1.alpha.rpm 954238e61f8d3b55121eee177f817fb3 6.2/i386/licq-1.0.2-0.6x.1.i386.rpm e065e236803c0294019e1c62f16cf82b 6.2/sparc/licq-1.0.2-0.6x.1.sparc.rpmThese packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html You can verify each package with the following command: If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command: 8. References: Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. |