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Red Hat Security Advisory: Updated XEmacs packages available for Red Hat Linux 7

Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 15:21 -0500
From: redhat-watch-list-admin@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2001:010-06] Updated XEmacs packages available for
Red Hat Linux 7


                   Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Updated XEmacs packages available for Red Hat Linux 7
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2001:010-06
Issue date:        2001-02-02
Updated on:        2001-02-06
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          xemacs gnuserv gnuclient buffer overflow
Cross references:
Obsoletes:

1. Topic:

The XEmacs package as shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 has a
security problem with gnuserv and gnuclient.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.0 – alpha, i386

3. Problem description:

The XEmacs package as shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 has a
security problem with gnuserv and gnuclient, due to a buffer
overflow and weak security.

This update also fixes other minor problems in XEmacs and adds
MULE support.

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 directory *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 Linux 7.0:

alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm


ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name

fed225644b6fc087eb99489b226dcd55 7.0/alpha/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
1a03d51ee3753e8243c9660c223e5250 7.0/alpha/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
b676b4a4edd66e96aae27c8b22c699cf 7.0/alpha/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
916e1d40cdf26266c7ae0b04c6e4ade6 7.0/i386/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm
3a62c3d7f3867917c6ce1b2d55f4ea03 7.0/i386/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm
1d75d7880c07e884137665362c1b62f2 7.0/i386/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.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:

Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc.

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