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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2000.202 -- RHSA-2000:047-03
New umb-scheme packages are available
9 August 2000
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: umb-scheme
Vendor: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Linux 6.2x
Linux
Platform: N/A
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Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: New umb-scheme packages are available.
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:047-03
Issue date: 2000-08-07
Updated on: 2000-08-07
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: N/A
Cross references: N/A
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1. Topic:
New umb-scheme packages are available for Red Hat Linux 6.2 that fix a
problem with file permissions.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2E - i386, alpha, sparc
3. Problem description:
The umb-scheme package included with Red Hat Linux 6.2 included two
world-writable files.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):
N/A
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.2:
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/umb-scheme-3.2-12.sparc.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/umb-scheme-3.2-12.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/umb-scheme-3.2-12.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/umb-scheme-3.2-12.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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cd1eb054070f9ac29a3b87a7bb92dd8b 6.2/SRPMS/umb-scheme-3.2-12.src.rpm
4f4e0b4bfa74a3d21e5a287b2a9bd31c 6.2/alpha/umb-scheme-3.2-12.alpha.rpm
93d84b648cbcc301be211d45ff89f30f 6.2/i386/umb-scheme-3.2-12.i386.rpm
372da7c9c61ad6f242e5eeff9d6f943b 6.2/sparc/umb-scheme-3.2-12.sparc.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key
is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg <filename>
8. References:
Thanks to Prasanth A. Kumar for pointing this error out.
Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
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