Red Hat Linux 9 RHSA-2004:040-01 Critical Slocate Heap Exploit

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):

114014 - CAN-2003-0858 slocate buffer overflow

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:

i386:

7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name

e3a6fc1f4a5330433d1e7f3c0f56b050 9/en/os/SRPMS/slocate-2.7-2.src.rpm 37c73b3b4cc7bc8791f48abfac99c63e 9/en/os/i386/slocate-2.7-2.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