MDKSA-2002:031 - fileutils update

From: Mandrake Linux Security Team (security@linux-mandrake.com)
Date: Thu May 16 2002 - 13:08:19 PDT

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           fileutils
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2002:032
Date:                   May 16th, 2002
Affected versions:      8.1, 8.2
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Problem Description:

 Wojciech Purczynski reported a race condition in some utilities in the
 GNU fileutils package that may cause root to delete the entire
 filesystem.  This only affects version 4.1 stable and 4.1.6 development
 versions, and the authors have fixed this in the latest development
 version.
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References:

 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/0002.txt
 http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-fileutils/2002-March/002440.html
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Updated Packages:

 Mandrake Linux 8.1:
 593e200c8b2f2c83e7a6bb90a54cd853  8.1/RPMS/fileutils-4.1-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
 77b378e3eb3a323033cdd3acfafac1cc  8.1/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1-4.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1/ia64:
 ae05f3577f84578b724d1afbeba157ce  ia64/8.1/RPMS/fileutils-4.1-4.1mdk.ia64.rpm
 77b378e3eb3a323033cdd3acfafac1cc  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1-4.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2:
 1e6190c59f161345caef5ea22680b820  8.2/RPMS/fileutils-4.1.5-4.1mdk.i586.rpm
 7b018b86d14fc646058ca3cabc395b84  8.2/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1.5-4.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.2/ppc:
 b76265d9f7f096a43ee05bfca2615bcd  ppc/8.2/RPMS/fileutils-4.1.5-4.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 7b018b86d14fc646058ca3cabc395b84  ppc/8.2/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1.5-4.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

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Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
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