> -----Original Message----- > From: Dag Wieers [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:00 AM > To: Discussions regarding Repoforge for users > Subject: Re: [users] yum seg fault on repoforge extras > > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Grant McChesney wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:30 AM, RobertH > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> do you know why yum on centos4 is segfaulting on repoforge > "extra" in > >> the past week or two? > >> > >> please forgive my lack of knowledge on it, i just see the result > >> > >> if you can direct me, ill be happy to gather more info > >> > >> i just noticed someone on centos list posted same > > > > I'm getting a segfault when I yum update with rpmforge > enabled as well > > on CentOS 5.6. > > Whatever the cause, yum segfaulting on any repository > metadata is a security problem, possibly exploitable. We are > looking at our side to find the cause (or a workaround). I do > not seem to be able to reproduce this as of yet. > > Regardless someone should fill this as a potential > security-problem with the yum maintainers. I think they > should be very concerned :-/ > > -- > -- dag wieers, [email protected], http://dag.wieers.com/ > -- dagit linux solutions, [email protected], http://dagit.net/ > > [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission > errors] _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.repoforge.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >
Originally it was only one server. It appears the problem is spreading to the rest of the servers. Best regards, Fred Fred Kienker AT4B "Advanced Technologies for Business" This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.repoforge.org/mailman/listinfo/users
