SECURITY: various packages updated (pine, mutt, sysklogd,

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Date: Tue Mar 30 1999 - 20:55:35 PST

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    Subject: SECURITY: various packages updated (pine, mutt, sysklogd, zgv)
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    Security vulnerabilities have been identified in various packages that
    ship with Red Hat Linux.
    
    Red Hat would like to thank the members of the BUGTRAQ mailing list,
    the members of the Linux Security Audit team, and others. All users
    of Red Hat Linux are encouraged to upgrade to the new packages
    immediately. As always, these packages have been signed with the
    Red Hat PGP key.
    
    mutt, pine:
    - -----------
    An problem in the mime handling code could allow a remote user
    to execute certain commands on a local system.
    
    Red Hat Linux 5.2
    - -----------------
    alpha:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/mutt-0.95.4us-0.alpha.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/pine-4.10-1.alpha.rpm
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/mutt-0.95.4us-0.i386.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/pine-4.10-1.i386.rpm
    sparc:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/mutt-0.95.4us-0.sparc.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/pine-4.10-1.sparc.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/mutt-0.95.4us-0.src.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/pine-4.10-1.src.rpm
    
    Red Hat Linux 5.1
    - -----------------
    alpha:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/alpha/mutt-0.95.4us-0.alpha.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/alpha/pine-3.96-8.1.alpha.rpm
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/i386/mutt-0.95.4us-0.i386.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/i386/pine-3.96-8.1.i386.rpm
    sparc:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/sparc/mutt-0.95.4us-0.sparc.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/sparc/pine-3.96-8.1.sparc.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/SRPMS/mutt-0.95.4us-0.src.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/SRPMS/pine-3.96-8.1.src.rpm
    
    Red Hat Linux 5.0
    - -----------------
    alpha:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/alpha/mutt-0.95.4us-0.alpha.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/alpha/pine-3.96-7.1.alpha.rpm
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/i386/mutt-0.95.4us-0.i386.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/i386/pine-3.96-7.1.i386.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/SRPMS/mutt-0.95.4us-0.src.rpm
            rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/SRPMS/pine-3.96-7.1.src.rpm
    
    Red Hat Linux 4.2
    - -----------------
    alpha:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/pine-3.96-7.0.alpha.rpm
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/pine-3.96-7.0.i386.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/sparc/pine-3.96-7.0.sparc.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/pine-3.96-7.0.src.rpm
    
    (Mutt was not shipped with Red Hat Linux 4.2)
    
    
    sysklogd
    - --------
    An overflow in the parsing code could lead to crashes of the system
    logger.
    
    Red Hat Linux 5.0,5.1,5.2:
    - --------------------------
    alpha:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.5.alpha.rpm
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.5.i386.rpm
    sparc:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.5.sparc.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.5.src.rpm
    
    Red Hat Linux 4.2:
    - ------------------
    alpha:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.0.alpha.rpm
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.0.i386.rpm
    sparc:  rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/sparc/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.0.sparc.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/sysklogd-1.3.31-0.0.src.rpm
    
    
    zgv
    - ---
    Local users could gain root access.
    
    Red Hat Linux 5.2:
    - ------------------
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/zgv-3.0-7.i386.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-7.src.rpm
    
    Red Hat Linux 5.1:
    - ------------------
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/i386/zgv-3.0-5.1.i386.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-5.1.src.rpm
    
    Red Hat Linux 5.0:
    - ------------------
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/i386/zgv-3.0-1.5.0.i386.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-1.5.0.src.rpm
    
    Red Hat Linux 4.2:
    - ------------------
    i386:   rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/zgv-3.0-1.4.2.i386.rpm
    source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-1.4.2.src.rpm
    
    
    Cristian
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    Cristian Gafton   --   gaftonat_private   --   Red Hat Software, Inc.
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     UNIX is user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.
    
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