Updated rwho packages are available for Mandrakelinux
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Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: rwho
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:039
Date: February 16th, 2005

Affected versions: 10.0, 10.1, Corporate Server 2.1
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability in rwhod was discovered by "Vlad902" that can be abused to crash the listening process (the broadcasting process is not affected). This vulnerability only affects little endian architectures.

The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1180
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.0:
18b7485196ee830d220d87509d5db5bf 10.0/RPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.100mdk.i586.rpm
7f29f3444e1222185ac98ccafb9f6ce3 10.0/SRPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
00cffaf8b934d65f651a4affa09fcff6 amd64/10.0/RPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.100mdk.amd64.rpm
7f29f3444e1222185ac98ccafb9f6ce3 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.100mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
64dfcb4ab0f4f2d88063055f6367bf60 10.1/RPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.101mdk.i586.rpm
f3da6dddbf0045178e666630925095d1 10.1/SRPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
96606943b5edd78862046acca588b909 x86_64/10.1/RPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
f3da6dddbf0045178e666630925095d1 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1:
aa4d4139705d1513e5fbc44591bcedf3 corporate/2.1/RPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
ec5576d4079b2d8ae11ff331bef6f293 corporate/2.1/SRPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64:
498e9d7ad664790ea5e74ff43c31cb8d x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
ec5576d4079b2d8ae11ff331bef6f293 x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/rwho-0.17-10.2.C21mdk.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