Re: L0pht Advisory: RH Linux 6.0/6.1, PAM and userhelper

From: cogNiTioN (cognitionat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2000 - 02:33:03 PST

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    On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Dildog wrote:
    
    >                        L0pht Security Advisory
    >
    >         Advisory Name: PamSlam
    >     Advisory Released: [01/04/00]
    >           Application: userhelper and PAM on Redhat Linux 6.0/6.1
    [...]
    > Description:
    >
    > 	The combination of the fact that both userhelper and PAM follow ..
    [...]
    >    Red Hat Linux 6.0:
    [...]
    >    ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/SysVinit-2.77-2.i386.rpm
    
    Sorry if this is my newbie ass showing, but where does the SysVinit
    package fit in? It isn't mentioned in the description, the application:
    filed at the top, or even in RedHat's version of the security release. How
    come?
    
    Thanks,
    
    cog
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