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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:45:27 +0100
From: Gael Duval <gduval@mandrakesoft.com>
To: lwn-mandrake-security@lwn.net
Subject: [Fwd: SECURITY UPDATE: usermode]

A security bug was found in userhelper; the bug can be exploited to
provide local users with root access. Version 1.17 fixes this problem.

Affected versions: 6.0, 6.1.

Please upgrade to usermode-1.17-1mdk.i586.rpm

6.0 (Venus)

 40af947672b497936fa21fc4498c5a77  usermode-1.17-1mdk.i586.rpm
 3f8d4cca1c941957124334ff6ec3c9f6  usermode-1.17-1mdk.src.rpm

6.1 (helios)

 3fb32f2dd06b0f044711afff285a778b  usermode-1.17-1mdk.i586.rpm
 0435b9552c67bfd31e9cf04a4599ebd6  usermode-1.17-1mdk.src.rpm