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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2001.070 -- RHSA-2001:010-06
Updated XEmacs packages available for Red Hat Linux 7
19 February 2001
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: XEmacs
Vendor: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Linux 7.0
Linux
Unix
Platform: Alpha
i386
Impact: Reduced Security
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Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Updated XEmacs packages available for Red Hat Linux 7
Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:010-06
Issue date: 2001-02-02
Updated on: 2001-02-06
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: xemacs gnuserv gnuclient buffer overflow
Cross references:
Obsoletes:
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1. Topic:
The XEmacs package as shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 has a security problem
with gnuserv and gnuclient.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386
3. Problem description:
The XEmacs package as shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 has a security problem
with gnuserv and gnuclient, due to a buffer overflow and weak security.
This update also fixes other minor problems in XEmacs and adds MULE
support.
4. Solution:
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh <filenames>
where <filenames> is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info):
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 7.0:
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/alpha/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/i386/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
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fed225644b6fc087eb99489b226dcd55 7.0/alpha/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
1a03d51ee3753e8243c9660c223e5250 7.0/alpha/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
b676b4a4edd66e96aae27c8b22c699cf 7.0/alpha/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.alpha.rpm
916e1d40cdf26266c7ae0b04c6e4ade6 7.0/i386/xemacs-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm
3a62c3d7f3867917c6ce1b2d55f4ea03 7.0/i386/xemacs-el-21.1.14-2.7.i386.rpm
1d75d7880c07e884137665362c1b62f2 7.0/i386/xemacs-info-21.1.14-2.7.i386.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:
Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc.
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