A dhcpcd update has been released for Mandriva Linux

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Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: dhcpcd
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:117
Date: July 12th, 2005

Affected versions: 10.1, 10.2, Corporate 3.0
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Problem Description:

"infamous42md" discovered that the dhcpcd DHCP client could be tricked into reading past the end of the supplied DHCP buffer, which could lead to the daemon crashing.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.



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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1848
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Updated Packages:

Mandrakelinux 10.1:
c690959dc0ba51327c85856cc42c0c05 10.1/RPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
6b830a9a614025aa26c74c831dbbcd24 10.1/SRPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64:
190a7e068611249ab13eba7f0754f30a x86_64/10.1/RPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
6b830a9a614025aa26c74c831dbbcd24 x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.2:
8d7e2e4f9dd145c72dfa06b662437206 10.2/RPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
f88321c6e99e6ecdd614e79dd938d6b4 10.2/SRPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.2/X86_64:
442b745b6d43b1fca68a9843e8c55c94 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
f88321c6e99e6ecdd614e79dd938d6b4 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0:
f12b8268879122dbfbb348856578701e corporate/3.0/RPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
3f8e81acc938dd89f9a576cf50baff5f corporate/3.0/SRPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
2dc6f10ac3905c162177222ce57406a0 x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
3f8e81acc938dd89f9a576cf50baff5f x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-4.1.C30mdk.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 Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

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

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

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

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com