Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 15:09 -0400
From: bugzilla@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2000:024-02] Updated nss_ldap packages are now
available.
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: Updated nss_ldap packages are now available.
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:024-02
Issue date: 2000-10-27
Updated on: 2000-10-27
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: N/A
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
Updated nss_ldap packages are now available for Red Hat Linux
6.1, 6.2, and 7.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.1 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 – i386
3. Problem description:
A race condition has been found in the nss_ldap package. On a
system running nscd, a malicious user can cause the system to
hang.
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):
11187 – nss_ldap-106 exposes shadow passwords when nscd
active
19923 – nss_ldap has a bug that can deadlock a machine
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.1:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/alpha/nss_ldap-122-1.6.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/sparc/nss_ldap-122-1.6.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/i386/nss_ldap-122-1.6.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.6.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 6.2:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/nss_ldap-122-1.6.alpha.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/nss_ldap-122-1.6.sparc.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/nss_ldap-122-1.6.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.6.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 7.0:
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/nss_ldap-122-1.7.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.7.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
d6ccb0a79d788abc6b82be62981582dd 6.1/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.6.src.rpm
08d8e980347fe7d81e29e1ca27e7cb09 6.1/alpha/nss_ldap-122-1.6.alpha.rpm
4d47831ae8516106392e74f5e1f2fd02 6.1/i386/nss_ldap-122-1.6.i386.rpm
f12cc2e7f9ab1c5faed9c647bfcbab03 6.1/sparc/nss_ldap-122-1.6.sparc.rpm
d6ccb0a79d788abc6b82be62981582dd 6.2/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.6.src.rpm
08d8e980347fe7d81e29e1ca27e7cb09 6.2/alpha/nss_ldap-122-1.6.alpha.rpm
4d47831ae8516106392e74f5e1f2fd02 6.2/i386/nss_ldap-122-1.6.i386.rpm
f12cc2e7f9ab1c5faed9c647bfcbab03 6.2/sparc/nss_ldap-122-1.6.sparc.rpm
7d3dedc08a5db1c30964389a8a3493ab 7.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-122-1.7.src.rpm
95337178e79472118cf33b0584462679 7.0/i386/nss_ldap-122-1.7.i386.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 <filename>
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 <filename>
8. References:
N/A
Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.