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Critical Security Alert: Red Hat Linux RHSA-2004:173-01 Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2004
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Explore critical vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander on Red Hat Linux with essential patch details for system protection.
This patch corrects many vulnerabilities of Midnight Commander.

Solution

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.

5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:


i386:




6. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name

74f1b62a975a9aff2e2908ed6a4b9d6b 9/en/os/SRPMS/mc-4.6.0-14.9.src.rpm 4e7342c54c489005f8e2775bf8929be0 9/en/os/i386/mc-4.6.0-14.9.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from

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


Summary

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2004:173-01
Issue date: 2004-04-30
Updated on: 2004-04-30
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: mc buffer overflow format string temporary file
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Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 9 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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