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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:28:25 -0200
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Subject: [CLA-2000:359] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - ed
From: secure@conectiva.com.br

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 
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PACKAGE   : ed
SUMMARY   : Insecure temporary file handling
DATE      : 2000-12-13 18:27:00
ID        : CLA-2000:359
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

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DESCRIPTION
 The "ed" editor creates temporary files in an insecure way, making it
 vulnerable to symlink attacks.


SOLUTION
 All users of the "ed" program should upgrade.


DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform 
 upgrades:
 - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
   (you may also use linuxconf to do this):

 rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples 
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en


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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key can be 
obtained at http://www.conectiva.com.br/contato

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://www.conectiva.com.br/suporte/atualizacoes

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