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Fedora Core 3 Critical Update: 2005-180 Util-Linux Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey April 4, 2005
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Patch released for Fedora Core 3 resolved severe buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the util-linux software. Remain alert!
Updated package.

Summary

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system

utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among

others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login

program.

- Changed nfsmount to only use reserve ports when necessary

(bz# 141773)

* Sat Dec 4 2004 Steve Dickson 2.12a-19

- Corrected a buffer overflow problem with nfs mounts.

(bz# 141733)

* Mon Nov 29 2004 Steve Dickson

- Made NFS mounts adhere to the IP protocol if specified on

command line as well as made NFS umounts adhere to the

current IP protocol. Fix #140016

140f7b3cb75f801a94e37e2a397b8dc8 SRPMS/util-linux-2.12a-21.src.rpm

d7077f2726fc18af57c855e0754752c0 x86_64/util-linux-2.12a-21.x86_64.rpm

44b666ebe1bfcaba723fa0bfe2a6419e x86_64/debug/util-linux-debuginfo-2.12a-21.x86_64.rpm

5aa688976ae91dfa31f6e0906e9da944 i386/util-linux-2.12a-21.i386.rpm

7d7d29d8e47921dc2fbad7fc60bdb5e3 i386/debug/util-linux-debuginfo-2.12a-21.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

fedora-announce-list@redhat.com

Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Name: util-linux
Version: 2.12a
Release: 21
Summary: A collection of basic system utilities.

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