Red Hat Linux 9: RHSA-2003:309-01 Moderate: Fileutils Memory DoS

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:

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):

102006 - fileutils needs O_DIRECT support for OCFS

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:

i386:

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:

i386:

ia64:

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:

i386:

Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:

i386:

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:

i386:

7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name 58ebee5bdac1db4f91f60775848a590c 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/fileutils-4.0.36-4.3.src.rpm bbb048d1c72f9dcac72e0bf940ed8463 7.1/en/os/i386/fileutils-4.0.36-4.3.i386.rpm 2cbf191530b8ea940e3b67242527079e 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1-10.4.src.rpm 69c66c5ea3fdd55c1993ab7cfcfd0cdf 7.2/en/os/i386/fileutils-4.1-10.4.i386.rpm 23cfc912efb5b04a53fa68842a84f14a 7.2/en/os/ia64/fileutils-4.1-10.4.ia64.rpm 2cbf191530b8ea940e3b67242527079e 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1-10.4.src.rpm 69c66c5ea3fdd55c1993ab7cfcfd0cdf 7.3/en/os/i386/fileutils-4.1-10.4.i386.rpm daa4f65f4176ef564e134b00cc43ed90 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/fileutils-4.1.9-11.2.src.rpm a8d416c379618c5d0be74b025bea47aa 8.0/en/os/i386/fileutils-4.1.9-11.2.i386.rpm 748382f4e967d871561442c4debbe685 9/en/os/SRPMS/coreutils-4.5.3-19.0.2.src.rpm da3fc5f54917452a4fa704330e193e24 9/en/os/i386/coreutils-4.5.3-19.0.2.i386.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