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Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2001:058-04 Moderate: Swap File Permission Issue

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Calendar Grey May 2, 2001
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat alert concerning updated mount utility addressing critical permission flaws in swap files for Linux system version 7.1 users.
Swap files could potentially be world-readable, meaning every user could read data in the swap file(s), possibly including passwords.

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.

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):



6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:

i386:



7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name 2204ac697288b353d73c8b846c9edcb9 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/mount-2.11b-3.src.rpm 885fbe4c6779bf5452634675c8878547 7.1/en/os/i386/losetup-2.11b-3.i386.rpm a4852c1e3969f28769ba346333ef8f7d 7.1/en/os/i386/mount-2.11b-3.i386.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:

You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg

Summary

References

Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. `

Package List


Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:058-04
Issue date: 2001-04-25
Updated on: 2001-05-02
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: mount swapon swap permissions
Cross references:
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Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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