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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2005:603-01 DHCPCD DoS Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent enhancement from Red Hat for dhcpcd addresses a critical denial of service vulnerability via a new package update.
An updated dhcpcd package that fixes a denial of service issue is 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/):

162009 - CAN-2005-1848 dhcpcd bad packet crash


6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS: b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505 dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm

i386: e2accda34fcf2949a6b0d96b448f664a dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.i386.rpm

ia64: 4f766b091e10331658f38828df7dd985 dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505 dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm

ia64: 4f766b091e10331658f38828df7dd985 dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505 dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm

i386: e2accda34fcf2949a6b0d96b448f664a dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505 dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm

i386: e2accda34fcf2949a6b0d96b448f664a dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.i386.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 moderate denial of service security update Red Hat security impact DHCPCD

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1848

Package List


Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:603-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:603.html
Issue date: 2005-07-27
Updated on: 2005-07-27
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security update Red Hat security impact DHCPCD

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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