From bb@suse.com Mon Oct 19 11:16:59 1998 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:15:07 -0700 From: Bodo Bauer Reply-To: eureka@suse.com To: suse-announce-e@suse.com Subject: [S.u.S.E. Announce] Security Hole NFS/libc5 Dear Linux Users, Recently a security hole was discovered in the NFS server (rpc.mountd) that makes it possible for attackers to attain root access over the network. A security hole in libc5 that allows attackers to attain root access was also found. All S.u.S.E. Linux distributions are affected, including S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3. Relevant packages can be found on our ftp server: ftp.suse.com:/pub/suse_update/S.u.S.E.-5.3/n1/nkita-98.10.8-0.i386.rpm ftp.suse.com:/pub/suse_update/S.u.S.E.-5.3/a1/shlibs-5.4.46-2.i386.rpm MD5SUMS: 78804c032240a421501f6728d8a22812 nkita-98.10.8-0.i386.rpm ff1bce4cf6ef903ce41da3b6e99279c0 shlibs-5.4.46-2.i386.rpm Alternatively, both packets are also on the S.u.S.E. mirror at ftp.gwdg.de: ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/suse/suse_update/S.u.S.E.-5.3/n1/nkita-98.10.8-0.i386.rpm ftp.gwdg.de:/pub/linux/suse/suse_update/S.u.S.E.-5.3/a1/shlibs-5.4.46-2.i386.rpm Your S.u.S.E. Team -- Bodo Bauer S.u.S.E., Inc fon +1-510-835 7873 bb@suse.com 458 Santa Clara Avenue fax +1-510-835 7875 http://www.suse.com Oakland CA, 94610 USA --
S.u.S.E. posts fix for NFS security hole
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