Red Hat Linux Errata Advisory
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Synopsis	Updated diffutils packages available

Advisory ID	RHSA-2001:116-03

Issue Date	2001-10-03

Updated On	2001-10-17

Product	Red Hat Linux

Keywords	sdiff temporary file

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1. Topic:

Updated diffutils packages are now available, fixing a temporary file
handling vulnerability in the sdiff program.

2. Problem description:

When using sdiff in interactive mode, a temporary file is created. The
new diffutils packages make sure to create that file in a secure way.

3. Bug IDs fixed: (see bugzilla for more information)

4. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 5.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 - alpha, i386, sparc
Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386
Red Hat Linux 7.1 - alpha, i386, ia64

5. RPMs required:

6. 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.

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ff7029002d184b7b860f21524f696b60 5.2/en/os/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-22.5x.src.rpm
35dfb8e4aba080dcbda65519bf266b71 5.2/en/os/alpha/diffutils-2.7-22.5x.alpha.rpm
729984eac74f725e0ec8560c7ff114a5 5.2/en/os/i386/diffutils-2.7-22.5x.i386.rpm
2c7f2ab3e5c0ddeba0b1791476cb7689 5.2/en/os/sparc/diffutils-2.7-22.5x.sparc.rpm
d736703adc89c9ec4b6b43849a93375c 6.2/en/os/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-22.6x.src.rpm
e3ebbf9aa5f5b663b011d1087866e959 6.2/en/os/alpha/diffutils-2.7-22.6x.alpha.rpm
97f2748d9d8121b9a365c5d6e806e90f 6.2/en/os/i386/diffutils-2.7-22.6x.i386.rpm
0689c3190111d4bbc7e37ae2da8afb7b 6.2/en/os/sparc/diffutils-2.7-22.6x.sparc.rpm
b59486f536fb05fcbb46ddf1134ad441 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-22.70.src.rpm
7220cfb847ac459e89f95163443dc4f4 7.0/en/os/alpha/diffutils-2.7-22.70.alpha.rpm
5a826dc3cf47c95aaa1506af652c3f95 7.0/en/os/i386/diffutils-2.7-22.70.i386.rpm
a9e358e11d2c008fe0388b69901c4533 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/diffutils-2.7-23.src.rpm
687c37a41d49b288a8bcea8469837fb8 7.1/en/os/alpha/diffutils-2.7-23.alpha.rpm
0c7ef980105572472a6ae07f13aa7e10 7.1/en/os/i386/diffutils-2.7-23.i386.rpm
062bf0083809452267d49d42aa85d7e2 7.1/en/os/ia64/diffutils-2.7-23.ia64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/about/contact.html

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

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 filename

Note that you need RPM >= 3.0 to check GnuPG keys.

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