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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: LFS-6.1 - svn and security issues
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:18:31 -0500
From: Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: BLFS Support List <[email protected]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Matthew Burgess wrote:
> The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of
> LFS 6.1.  This release includes a large number of package upgrades
> (including Linux-2.6.11.12, GCC-3.4.3 and Glibc-2.3.4) and security
> fixes (including the recently disclosed zlib vulnerability).  It also
> includes a large amount of editorial work on the explanatory material
> throughout the book, improving both the clarity and accuracy of the text.
> 
> You can read the book online at
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.1/, or download to read it
> locally from http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/6.1/.

I pulled a fresh copy of LFS from SVN:

  svn co svn://linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/

and built it.

I was suprised that the title was:
 Version TESTING-20050709

Perhaps there needs to be an update in the branch to general.ent:

s/TESTING-20050709/6.1/
---------------
Additionally,  you may want to consider releasing LFS 6.1.1 due to a
zlib vulnerability:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2096
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-740

The fix appears to be:

+--- zlib-1.2.2.orig/inftrees.c 2004-09-15 15:30:06.000000000 +0100
++++ zlib-1.2.2/inftrees.c      2005-07-02 14:42:24.270321629 +0100
+@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
+         left -= count[len];
+         if (left < 0) return -1;        /* over-subscribed */
+     }
+-    if (left > 0 && (type == CODES || (codes - count[0] != 1)))
++    if (left > 0 && (type == CODES || max != 1))
+         return -1;                      /* incomplete set */
+
+     /* generate offsets into symbol table for each length for sorting */


Which LFS should probably do with a sed:

  sed -i 's/(codes - count[0])/max/' inftrees.c

Alternatively, I suspect there will be a zlib 1.2.3 in the next day or two.

  -- Bruce

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