--------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Legacy Update Advisory Synopsis: Updated gettext package fixes security issues Advisory ID: FLSA:136323 Issue date: 2006-01-09 Product: Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core Keywords: Bugfix CVE Names: CVE-2004-0966 --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: An updated gettext package that fixes security bugs is now available. The GNU gettext package provides a set of tools and documentation for producing multi-lingual messages in programs. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 9 - i386 Fedora Core 1 - i386 Fedora Core 2 - i386 3. Problem description: Temporary file vulnerabilities were discovered in the gettext package. A malicious user could use the "autopoint" and "gettextize" scripts to create or overwrite another user's files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0966 to this issue. All users of gettext should upgrade to this updated package, which includes a patch to correct these issues. 4. 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 yum and apt. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use yum issue: yum update or to use apt: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. This assumes that you have yum or apt-get configured for obtaining Fedora Legacy content. Please visit http://www.fedoralegacy.org/docs for directions on how to configure yum and apt-get. 5. Bug IDs fixed: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136323 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 9: SRPM: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/gettext-0.11.4-7.2.legacy.src.rpm i386: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/redhat/9/updates/i386/gettext-0.11.4-7.2.legacy.i386.rpm Fedora Core 1: SRPM: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/gettext-0.12.1-1.2.legacy.src.rpm i386: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/1/updates/i386/gettext-0.12.1-1.2.legacy.i386.rpm Fedora Core 2: SRPM: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/2/updates/SRPMS/gettext-0.14.1-2.1.2.legacy.src.rpm i386: http://download.fedoralegacy.org/fedora/2/updates/i386/gettext-0.14.1-2.1.2.legacy.i386.rpm 7. Verification: SHA1 sum Package Name --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7b6dee52052cf366ae9d78f42d2266045992e8b2 redhat/9/updates/i386/gettext-0.11.4-7.2.legacy.i386.rpm ccb4260c2f1d4778bf1190bd6d96950c361b8131 redhat/9/updates/SRPMS/gettext-0.11.4-7.2.legacy.src.rpm 7b29432779dcbbb183b98fb5c60208366346ea93 fedora/1/updates/i386/gettext-0.12.1-1.2.legacy.i386.rpm 22bc34eef7d35bad85cf013381187660a4a68c8d fedora/1/updates/SRPMS/gettext-0.12.1-1.2.legacy.src.rpm 7851e6bb612ae72e3fae9870ca160d2a96e7123b fedora/2/updates/i386/gettext-0.14.1-2.1.2.legacy.i386.rpm 6c972dcef9866f7e53ba6855478078f8f24684d0 fedora/2/updates/SRPMS/gettext-0.14.1-2.1.2.legacy.src.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Fedora Legacy for security. Our key is available from http://www.fedoralegacy.org/about/security.php You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the sha1sum with the following command: sha1sum <filename> 8. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0966 9. Contact: The Fedora Legacy security contact is <secnotice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. More project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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