Several potential buffer overruns have been corrected within the
net-tools package.
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Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: Potential security problem in Red Hat 6.0 net-tools.
Advisory ID: RHSA-1999:017-01
Issue date: 1999-06-24
Keywords: net-tools buffer overruns
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1. Topic:
A potential security problem has been fixed in the net-tools package.
2. Bug IDs fixed:
3. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.0, all architectures
4. Obsoleted by:
5. Conflicts with:
6. RPMs required:
Intel: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386
net-tools-1.52-2.i386.rpm
Alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha
net-tools-1.52-2.alpha.rpm
Sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc
net-tools-1.52-2.sparc.rpm
7. Problem description:
Several potential buffer overruns have been corrected within the net-tools
package.
8. Solution:
9. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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3ca7a4b36ca8269c5546308c904d705b SRPMS/net-tools-1.52-2.src.rpm
aaacb5aa6001e32c7c12fa178e90eca9 alpha/net-tools-1.52-2.alpha.rpm
6707f4c30ee19874025b6d1b8cc1dee0 i386/net-tools-1.52-2.i386.rpm
c12dacbdc3f761afa09d8e8b4e60f081 sparc/net-tools-1.52-2.sparc.rpm
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