Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 15:22 -0500
From: redhat-watch-list-admin@redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject: [RHSA-2001:011-03] Updated XEmacs packages available for
Red Hat Powertools 6.2
Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Updated XEmacs packages available for Red Hat Powertools 6.2
Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:011-03
Issue date: 2001-02-02
Updated on: 2001-02-06
Product: Red Hat Powertools
Keywords: xemacs gnuserv gnuclient
Cross references:
Obsoletes:
1. Topic:
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Powertools 6.2 – alpha, i386, sparc
3. Problem description:
The XEmacs package as shipped with Red Hat PowerTools 6.2 has a
security problem with gnuserv and gnuclient, due to a buffer
overflow and weak security.
Note that this package obsoletes xemacs-mule (this is now
compiled into the main binary), xemacs-static, xemacs-extras and
xemacs-noX, as this is a backport of a newer xemacs package.
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 Powertools 6.2:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/xemacs-21.1.14-2.62.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.62.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/alpha/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.62.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/xemacs-21.1.14-2.62.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.62.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/i386/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.62.i386.rpm
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/xemacs-21.1.14-2.62.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.62.sparc.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/powertools/6.2/sparc/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.62.sparc.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
963901255ab8377baf92bcc8f3ec30b3 6.2/alpha/xemacs-21.1.14-2.62.alpha.rpm c1fa617399ff85af31c5d31e314249a8 6.2/alpha/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.62.alpha.rpm e190d32da1a92132d53ee734a93b43cb 6.2/alpha/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.62.alpha.rpm 661aae1be3097c403df3d38eb5f6ae80 6.2/i386/xemacs-21.1.14-2.62.i386.rpm 03fab61adb2f874f95dfc895e1ede878 6.2/i386/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.62.i386.rpm bae82e4622a0b4b810eaa690446442b5 6.2/i386/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.62.i386.rpm 5c4a36734b54ebd3be33e9404bbcb8e6 6.2/sparc/xemacs-21.1.14-2.62.sparc.rpm ef99cb1d6d1d2a0f90f034d4a3a0697f 6.2/sparc/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.62.sparc.rpm e4a34278881cc1ec29f817bbcfc8f52b 6.2/sparc/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.62.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 <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.