SECURITY: new nfs-server packages available (fwd)

From: Alan Cox (alanat_private)
Date: Thu Aug 27 1998 - 19:53:07 PDT

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    Expect similar announces from other Linux vendors to follow this one. The
    bug is in code that as far as I can tell in Linux specific portmap code
    so this is unlikely to affect non Linux portmappers. I'll post an explanation
    once the other vendor announcements are out.
    
    Alan
    
    > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    >
    > Potential security problems have been identified in all versions of
    > nfs-server packages shipped with Red Hat Linux.
    >
    > Users of Red Hat Linux are recommended to upgrade to the new packages
    > available under updates directory on our ftp site:
    >
    >
    > * Red Hat Linux 5.1 and 5.0:
    > ============================
    >
    > alpha:
    > - ------
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/alpha/nfs-server-2.2beta29-7.alpha.rpm
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/alpha/nfs-server-clients-2.2beta29-7.alpha.rpm
    >
    > i386:
    > - -----
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/i386/nfs-server-2.2beta29-7.i386.rpm
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/i386/nfs-server-clients-2.2beta29-7.i386.rpm
    >
    > sparc:
    > - ------
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/sparc/nfs-server-2.2beta29-7.sparc.rpm
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/sparc/nfs-server-clients-2.2beta29-7.sparc.rpm
    >
    > Source RPM:
    > - -----------
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/5.1/SRPMS/nfs-server-2.2beta29-7.src.rpm
    >
    >
    > * Red Hat Linux 4.2:
    > ====================
    >
    > alpha:
    > - ------
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/4.2/alpha/nfs-server-2.2beta16-9.alpha.rpm
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/4.2/alpha/nfs-server-clients-2.2beta16-9.alpha.rpm
    >
    > i386:
    > - -----
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/4.2/i386/nfs-server-2.2beta16-9.i386.rpm
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/4.2/i386/nfs-server-clients-2.2beta16-9.i386.rpm
    >
    > sparc:
    > - ------
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/4.2/sparc/nfs-server-2.2beta16-9.sparc.rpm
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/4.2/sparc/nfs-server-clients-2.2beta16-9.sparc.rpm
    >
    > Source RPM:
    > - -----------
    > rpm -Uvh \
    >   ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/4.2/SRPMS/nfs-server-2.2beta16-9.src.rpm
    >
    >
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    >
    > Cristian
    > --
    > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    > Cristian Gafton   --   gaftonat_private   --   Red Hat Software, Inc.
    > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    >  UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
    



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