Re: SECURITY: Important bug fix for /sbin/login (fwd)

1997-01-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:

> Guys, has this been fixed in debian?
> 
> If not, can anyone explain how to install an rpm package so I can try out
> rpm within debian? ;-)

Try alien. I think it's in debmake, but a quick check of the contents file
should let you know.

Luck,

Dwarf

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SECURITY: Important bug fix for /sbin/login (fwd)

1997-01-16 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Guys, has this been fixed in debian?

If not, can anyone explain how to install an rpm package so I can try out
rpm within debian? ;-)


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Their is a buffer overrun in /bin/login which has the potential to
allow any user of your system to gain root access. util-linux-2.5-29
contains a fix for this and is available for Red Hat Linux 4.0 on
all four platforms.  We strongly recommend that all of Red Hat 4.0
usres apply this fix.

Users of Red Hat Linux versions earlier then 4.0 should upgrade to 4.0 and
then apply all available security pacakges. 

Users whose computers have direct internet connections may apply
this update by using one of the following commands:

Intel:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.0/i386/util-linux-2.5-29.i386.rpm

Alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.0/axp/util-linux-2.5-29.axp.rpm

SPARC:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.0/sparc/util-linux-2.5-29.sparc.rpm

All of these packages have been signed with Red Hat's PGP key.

Erik

[mod: Forwarded by Richard Jones, Mangled by me to make this appear
to have been sent by Erik himself... -- REW]
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