[RHSA-1999:017-01] Potential security problem in Red Hat 6.0

From: Raymond Dijkxhoorn (raymondat_private)
Date: Thu Jun 24 1999 - 15:32:44 PDT

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    		   Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
    
    Synopsis:		Potential security problem in Red Hat 6.0 net-tools.
    Advisory ID:		RHSA-1999:017-01
    Issue date:		1999-06-24
    Keywords:		net-tools buffer overruns
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    1. Topic:
    
    A potential security problem has been fixed in the net-tools package.
    
    2. Bug IDs fixed:
    
    3. Relevant releases/architectures:
    
    Red Hat Linux 6.0, all architectures
    
    4. Obsoleted by:
    
    5. Conflicts with:
    
    6. RPMs required:
    
    Intel: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386
    
    	net-tools-1.52-2.i386.rpm
    
    Alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha
    
    	net-tools-1.52-2.alpha.rpm
    
    Sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc
    
    	net-tools-1.52-2.sparc.rpm
    
    7. Problem description:
    
    Several potential buffer overruns have been corrected within the net-tools
    package.
    
    8. Solution:
    
    9. Verification:
    
    MD5 sum                           Package Name
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    3ca7a4b36ca8269c5546308c904d705b  SRPMS/net-tools-1.52-2.src.rpm
    aaacb5aa6001e32c7c12fa178e90eca9  alpha/net-tools-1.52-2.alpha.rpm
    6707f4c30ee19874025b6d1b8cc1dee0  i386/net-tools-1.52-2.i386.rpm
    c12dacbdc3f761afa09d8e8b4e60f081  sparc/net-tools-1.52-2.sparc.rpm
    
    
    These packages are also PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security.  Our
    key is available at:
    
    http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
    
    10. References:
    
    
    
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