Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory: ed update

Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 13:37:01 -0700
From: Linux Mandrake Security Team security@linux-mandrake.com
To: Linux Mandrake Security Announcements
security-announce@linux-mandrake.com
Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:076 – ed update

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                Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory

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Package name:           ed
Date:                   December 9th, 2000
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2000:076

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

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Problem Description:

Alan Cox discovered that GNU ed (a classed line editor tool)
creates temporary files unsafely.

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Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to
upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You
can do this by running the md5sum program on the downloaded package
by using “md5sum package.rpm”.

Linux-Mandrake 6.0:
9da1f124f8aa5bac0608d006a67f0aa2
6.0/RPMS/ed-0.2-15.1mdk.i586.rpm
26bb6564cc8805ee29469f6ac363a660
6.0/SRPMS/ed-0.2-15.1mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 6.1:
f9bb2b3fb3231252dc88e5f2d92dcd78
6.1/RPMS/ed-0.2-15.1mdk.i586.rpm
26bb6564cc8805ee29469f6ac363a660
6.1/SRPMS/ed-0.2-15.1mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.0:
6c39c250f00168c8d8c16e4669f94f9c
7.0/RPMS/ed-0.2-15.1mdk.i586.rpm
26bb6564cc8805ee29469f6ac363a660
7.0/SRPMS/ed-0.2-15.1mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
9d41ed3fc65d8f096d329c6ac8a11812
7.1/RPMS/ed-0.2-17.1mdk.i586.rpm
c1e68a7d63f72c5108a3a85346786de0
7.1/SRPMS/ed-0.2-17.1mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
8ac697e3a3117f0221bd8bce6e08f2ca
7.2/RPMS/ed-0.2-21.1mdk.i586.rpm
9129468ee9043ab1272ff9f9cfb22f2f
7.2/SRPMS/ed-0.2-21.1mdk.src.rpm

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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

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