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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHSA-2005:864-01 Important: Udev Permission Risk

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Calendar Grey December 20, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A recent advisory from Red Hat emphasizes a vital udev security patch designed to address permission vulnerabilities that could potentially expose confidential user information.
Updated udev packages that fix a security issue are now available

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. 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. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

174845 - CVE-2005-3631 /dev/input/* incorrect permissions


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 479e8b3ac5f9ca72193827d40e0fdd13 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.src.rpm

i386: 0f694e4ae57487ce5e2c23627f8076ce udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: 117b4faf0ff4c5204b27f84da509e5eb udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.ia64.rpm

ppc: e80ead84ea6e72323006f5f1cdcde4f1 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.ppc.rpm

s390: bf2a4abfe19dd9d37296e002d8308f74 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.s390.rpm

s390x: 60b1c19d6b0c198054032c943368e633 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 2dd7e790e730dc1e5b64048e02e90225 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 479e8b3ac5f9ca72193827d40e0fdd13 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.src.rpm

i386: 0f694e4ae57487ce5e2c23627f8076ce udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.i386.rpm

x86_64: 2dd7e790e730dc1e5b64048e02e90225 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 479e8b3ac5f9ca72193827d40e0fdd13 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.src.rpm

i386: 0f694e4ae57487ce5e2c23627f8076ce udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: 117b4faf0ff4c5204b27f84da509e5eb udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 2dd7e790e730dc1e5b64048e02e90225 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 479e8b3ac5f9ca72193827d40e0fdd13 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.src.rpm

i386: 0f694e4ae57487ce5e2c23627f8076ce udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.i386.rpm

ia64: 117b4faf0ff4c5204b27f84da509e5eb udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 2dd7e790e730dc1e5b64048e02e90225 udev-039-10.10.EL4.3.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important permissions udev risk

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3631

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:864-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:864.html
Issue date: 2005-12-20
Updated on: 2005-12-20
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important permissions udev risk

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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