Subject: [yellowdog-updates] Yellow Dog Linux Security Advisory: YDU-20010810-1
dburcaw@newhope.terraplex.com
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 14:12:13 MDT
Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package: telnet
Issue Date: August 10, 2001
Priority: high
Advisory ID: YDU-20010810-1
1. Topic:
Updated telnet packages are available
that fix security vulnerabilities.
2. Problem:
Buffer overflows were recently discovered
in the telnet package. These overflows
can lead to local root access breach.
3. Solution:
a) Updating via yup...
We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
this update onto your system:
yup update telnet
yup update telnet-server
b) Updating manually...
The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
the update. (Please use a mirror site)
ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/
rpm -Fvh telnet-0.17-18.ppc.rpm
rpm -Fvh telnet-server-0.17-18.ppc.rpm
4. Verification
MD5 checksum Package
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b33bb67a4474f6f144a9e3cbe27a3fca SRPMS/telnet-0.17-18.src.rpm
640d306e415fe795728474abcdba9371 ppc/telnet-0.17-18.ppc.rpm
f7bd0766464cb350b5f19befd4e40a7a ppc/telnet-server-0.17-18.ppc.rpm
If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename
5. Misc.
Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.
For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see
http://devel.yellowdoglinux.com/rp_yup.shtml
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