TSL-2004-0018 - multi

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Trustix Secure Linux Bugfix Advisory #2004-0018

Package name:      logrotate, ntp
Summary:           Package bugfix
Date:              2004-04-01
Affected versions: Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
                   Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2

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Package description:
  logrotate:
  The logrotate utility is designed to simplify the administration of
  log files on a system which generates a lot of log files.  Logrotate
  allows for the automatic rotation compression, removal and mailing of
  log files.  Logrotate can be set to handle a log file daily, weekly,
  monthly or when the log file gets to a certain size.

  ntp:
  The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize a computer's
  time with another reference time source. The ntp package contains
  utilities and daemons that will synchronize your computer's time to
  Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) via the NTP protocol and NTP servers.
  The ntp package includes ntpdate (a program for retrieving the date
  and time from remote machines via a network) and ntpd (a daemon which
  continuously adjusts system time).


Problem description:
  logrotate:
  logrotate created the newly compressed logfile with wrong file permissions.
  With TSL/TSEL default umask, this leaves files owned by and only readable
  for root.

  ntp:
  ntp had problems writing to the drift file due to incorrect ownership
  of the directory /var/lib/ntp.  Also, we've added default servers to
  use the pool.ntp.org.


Action:
  We recommend that all systems with this package installed be upgraded.
  Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by this
  package, you may want to remove it from your system.

  For the logrotate package, you may want to review the permissions and
  ownership of your log files to make sure they correspond to your
  policy.


Location:
  All Trustix updates are available from
  <URI:http://http.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/>
  <URI:ftp://ftp.trustix.org/pub/trustix/updates/>


About Trustix Secure Linux:
  Trustix Secure Linux is a small Linux distribution for servers. With focus
  on security and stability, the system is painlessly kept safe and up to
  date from day one using swup, the automated software updater.


Automatic updates:
  Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically
  installed using 'swup --upgrade'.


Public testing:
  Most updates for Trustix Secure Linux are made available for public
  testing some time before release.
  If you want to contribute by testing the various packages in the
  testing tree, please feel free to share your findings on the
  tsl-discuss mailinglist.
  The testing tree is located at
  <URI:http://tsldev.trustix.org/horizon/>

  You may also use swup for public testing of updates:
  
  site {
      class = 0
      location = "http://tsldev.trustix.org/horizon/rdfs/latest.rdf"
      regexp = ".*"
  }
  

Questions?
  Check out our mailing lists:
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/support/>


Verification:
  This advisory along with all Trustix packages are signed with the
  TSL sign key.
  This key is available from:
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/TSL-SIGN-KEY>

  The advisory itself is available from the errata pages at
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/trustix-2.1/>
  or directly at
  <URI:http://www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0018-multi.asc.txt>


MD5sums of the packages:
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dd3293199cfa5b3121d2ed84176beca6  2.1/rpms/logrotate-3.7-4tr.i586.rpm
7be991b11a02f4bde677f2a4908a93bc  2.1/rpms/ntp-4.2.0-8tr.i586.rpm
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Trustix Security Team

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