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Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2001:148-09 Moderate: Bad Permissions In Installer

Due to the kernel used in the Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installationprogram, some files are written by the installation program with the wrongpermissions. . ` --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program creates files with bad umask Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:148-09 Issue date: 2001-11-02 Updated on: 2001-11-13 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: umask korean 7.1 installer Anaconda Cross references: Obsoletes: ---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Topic: Due to the kernel used in the Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program, some files are written by the installation program with the wrong permissions. It is recommended that all users of the Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program use the update disk image. If users have already installed, they should check their systems and fix the permissions on the affected files. They can do this by installing the updated Red Hat-release package. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.1k - noarch 3. Problem description: In the Red Hat Linux 7.1 Korean installation program, the 2.4.3-12 kernel sets the default umask for init to 000. This behavior is inherited by the installation program and causes the files to be written with world-writable permissions. 4. Solution: If you have not installed: --------------------------Download the update disk image and create an update disk. This can be done by using the same procedure used to create a boot diskette. For more information, refer to Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge Please note that you must substitute the update disk image filename for the filename used in the example. When booting into the installation program, type "linux updates" at the boot prompt, followed by any otherinstallation options (such as "expert" or "text" or "ks"). The installation process will prompt you to insert the update disk when it is required, and the installation will then proceed as normal. If you have already installed: ------------------------------Check the permissions on the affected files and change them as appropriate. Or install the upgraded Red Hat-release; this will change the the permissions during its postinstall phase. 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. 5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info): 55569 - Some files in /etc have write permission to everyone in 7.1k 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.1k: SRPMS: noarch: i386: 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name --------------------------------------------------------------------------bd970c23a54e0848ec3e1fb3857ac490 7.1/kr/os/SRPMS/RedHat-release-7.1k-2.src.rpm dea117e94ffe362d6cefd443e308aad9 7.1/kr/os/noarch/RedHat-release-7.1k-2.noarch.rpm 15e052916841514082fc7df588dc824e 7.1/kr/os/images/i386/update-disk-20011106.img 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 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 8. References: Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc. ` . An updated notice from Ubuntu highlights a vulnerability in the setup procedure of Linux release 20.04 which could lead to incorrect configuration of useraccess controls.. Red Hat Advisory, Linux Installation, File Permissions, Security Issue, Update Disk. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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