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Red Hat: RHSA-2004:030-01 Critical: NetPBM Temporary File Exploit

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2004
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent updates to NetPBM have been introduced to resolve critical issues related to temporary file vulnerabilities on Red Hat systems.
A number of temporary file bugs have been found in versions of NetPBM.These could allow a local user the ability to overwrite or create files asa different user who happens to run ...

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.

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):

113842 - CAN-2003-0924 netpbm temporary file vulnerabilities

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:


i386:






7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name

cd34fb5b6ad149244f504dd26dc864cb 9/en/os/SRPMS/netpbm-9.24-10.90.1.src.rpm bb1647d242d0403a4f53d48b1ad5ec5c 9/en/os/i386/netpbm-9.24-10.90.1.i386.rpm 647c49d0e07efa96a0a3e256a908d942 9/en/os/i386/netpbm-devel-9.24-10.90.1.i386.rpm ca7a36c7bfd2f651556ce25d4f16e0ef 9/en/os/i386/netpbm-progs-9.24-10.90.1.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

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-2004:030-01
Issue date: 2004-02-05
Updated on: 2004-02-05
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: symlink tmpfile tmp
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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 9 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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