Slackware alert: rsync update fixes security problems

Posted by dave on Mar 11, 2002 2:25 PM EDT
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New rsync packages are available to fix security problems.

New rsync packages are available to fix security problems.

Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog:

---------------------------- Mon Mar 11 15:09:26 PST 2002 patches/packages/rsync.tgz: Upgraded to rsync-2.5.3. This fixes two security problems:

* Make sure that supplementary groups are removed from a server process after changing uid and gid. (Ethan Benson) (Debian bug #132272, CVE CAN-2002-0080)

* Fix zlib double-free bug. (Owen Taylor, Mark J Cox) (CVE CAN-2002-0059)

(* Security fix *) ----------------------------

We recommend that sites providing external rsync access upgrade to the fixed rsync package as soon as possible.

WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGE: ------------------------------ Updated rsync package for Slackware 8.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/patches/packages/rsync.tgz

Updated rsync package for Slackware 7.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-7.1/patches/packages/rsync.tgz

MD5 SIGNATURE: --------------

Here are the md5sums for the packages:

Slackware 8.0: e88390bae124be2af4b707ad3fbfc791 rsync.tgz

Slackware 7.1: 959b82dd4fbb84da564b2ce18eb56afc rsync.tgz

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: --------------------------

Simply upgrade as root:

# upgradepkg rsync.tgz

Remember, it's also a good idea to backup configuration files before upgrading packages.

- Slackware Linux Security Team http://www.slackware.com

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