Red Hat Linux 6.2 Secure Web Server Security Advisory
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Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis Updated mailman packages are available.

Advisory ID RHSA-2000:030-01

Issue Date 2000-05-24

Updated on 2000-05-24

Product Red Hat Secure Web Server

Keywords N/A

Cross References N/A



1. Topic:

New mailman packages are available which close security holes present
in earlier versions of mailman.

2. Problem description:

New mailman packages are available which close security holes present
in earlier versions of mailman. All sites using the mailman mailing
list management software should upgrade.

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

N/A -

4. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.0 - i386
Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.1 - i386 alpha sparc
Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.2 - i386

5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Secure Web Server 3.2:

intel:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/secureweb/3.2/i386/mailman-2.0beta2-1.i386.rpm

sources:
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates/secureweb/3.2/SRPMS/mailman-2.0beta2-1.src.rpm

6. Solution:

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filename]

where filename is the name of the RPM.

7. Verification:

MD5 sum                           Package Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
4515cf682bfb0c4a87c9ac6def8d5ec7  3.2/SRPMS/mailman-2.0beta2-1.src.rpm
ccaf8e103c609bfa7769dfff4cf7f532  3.2/i386/mailman-2.0beta2-1.i386.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.

8. References:

N/A