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Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2002:255-01 Critical: OpenSSL Security Update

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2002
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Updated Webalizer packages for CentOS Linux resolve a critical security flaw involving a stack overflow vulnerability that enables remote code execution via lengthy hostname inputs.
A buffer overflow in Webalizer versions prior to 2.01-10, when configured to use reverse DNS lookups, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by connecting to the moni...

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):

60295 - Webalizer configuration file error 64392 - dns_cache missing, preventing webalizer from running

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:


i386:


ia64:




7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name 09943eb2e39f5ed617bb40a5e9b05e39 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/webalizer-2.01_09-1.72.src.rpm f3d16a9fa3c202031a6cda1da2944e3d 7.2/en/os/i386/webalizer-2.01_09-1.72.i386.rpm 4f225355bff421a2de0b1634d6c54db5 7.2/en/os/ia64/webalizer-2.01_09-1.72.ia64.rpm


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

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


Summary

References

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=101888467527673 CVE -CVE-2002-0180

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2002:254-05
Issue date: 2002-12-04
Updated on: 2002-12-04
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: DNS resolver buffer overflow flaw:buf
Cross references:
Obsoletes: RHSA-2001:140

Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64

Bugs Fixed

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