Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:20:00 -0400
From: bugzilla@REDHAT.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: [RHSA-2000:047-03] New umb-scheme packages are
available.
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: New umb-scheme packages are available.
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:047-03
Issue date: 2000-08-07
Updated on: 2000-08-07
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: N/A
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
New umb-scheme packages are available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 that
fix a problem with file permissions.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2E – i386, alpha, sparc
3. Problem description:
The umb-scheme package included with Red Hat Linux 6.2 included
two world-writable files.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
N/A
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.2:
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/umb-scheme-3.2-12.sparc.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/umb-scheme-3.2-12.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/umb-scheme-3.2-12.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/umb-scheme-3.2-12.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
cd1eb054070f9ac29a3b87a7bb92dd8b 6.2/SRPMS/umb-scheme-3.2-12.src.rpm
4f4e0b4bfa74a3d21e5a287b2a9bd31c 6.2/alpha/umb-scheme-3.2-12.alpha.rpm
93d84b648cbcc301be211d45ff89f30f 6.2/i386/umb-scheme-3.2-12.i386.rpm
372da7c9c61ad6f242e5eeff9d6f943b 6.2/sparc/umb-scheme-3.2-12.sparc.rpm
These 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:
rpm –checksig
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg
8. References:
Thanks to Prasanth A. Kumar for pointing this error out.
Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.