Red Hat Enterprise Linux: RHSA-2004:172-01 Critical: mc Buffer Overflow

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

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.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website:

https://access.redhat.com

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):

118302 - One more buffer overflow in mc's vfs code

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: gmc-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mc-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mcserv-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm

ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: gmc-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mc-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mcserv-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS:

ia64: Available from Red Hat Network: gmc-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mc-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mcserv-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS:

i386: Available from Red Hat Network: gmc-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mc-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm Available from Red Hat Network: mcserv-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm

7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name efb76ce0632282e986498da9686eadce gmc-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm 42b64c84297114f968f5514687805ff3 gmc-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm 9b839e9a80d9b9dbc24817017abc8138 mc-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm d1edb24a25b05c019b58783c01f2f7b0 mc-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm 69d7683f72d9ac712eb39cc63247a5d8 mc-4.5.51-36.3.src.rpm 009c85fb3ace26ad47a41d1361fa896c mcserv-4.5.51-36.3.i386.rpm 9b2c8414fca8ab771aa0d6c024cdc797 mcserv-4.5.51-36.3.ia64.rpm

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You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm --checksig -v

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:

md5sum