Updated aspell packages are available for Mandrakelinux 10.0 and 10.1
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: aspell
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:153
Date: December 20th, 2004

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered in the aspell word-list-compress utility that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0548
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
ea42c6fe6fb885aa0c03fa186fc163cc 10.0/RPMS/aspell-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
296e0327584f99fca38ee0d0fe3cacc5 10.0/RPMS/libaspell15-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
218bee32ee3179ca1ad799353ac272bc 10.0/RPMS/libaspell15-devel-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
546743c99692b4d664888716b4df729e 10.0/SRPMS/aspell-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
f48e302121d9e689a2c5a0b834717cbf amd64/10.0/RPMS/aspell-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
8361ffd7cdaf6cfb84707971b0198b7d amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64aspell15-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
bc9f9856ec45da328d72af8ae500fa17 amd64/10.0/RPMS/lib64aspell15-devel-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
546743c99692b4d664888716b4df729e amd64/10.0/SRPMS/aspell-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
d31d9ac28f763e5040095be63c127e24 10.1/RPMS/aspell-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
3115c7e13a8b08f912f5171de0e4c478 10.1/RPMS/libaspell15-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
a7f6c87a99e4be2ad59079ea5b461d37 10.1/RPMS/libaspell15-devel-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
bb4d2773d1ad9bd5ebab7744322b726c 10.1/SRPMS/aspell-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
9f103fba92bfad2af04dfac14ff63137 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/aspell-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
28f63f4c7e3c832b85aa9afc64696656 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lib64aspell15-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
16619553940add77e18439cc5d87f40e x86_64/10.1/RPMS/lib64aspell15-devel-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
bb4d2773d1ad9bd5ebab7744322b726c x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/aspell-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandrakesoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com