Updated webmin packages fix vulnerabilities

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Mandrakesoft Security Advisories

 

Package name webmin

Date September 22nd, 2004

Advisory ID MDKSA-2004:101

Affected versions 9.2, 10.0, CS2.1

Synopsis Updated webmin packages fix vulnerabilities

 

 

Problem Description

 

A vulnerability in webmin was discovered by Ludwig Nussel. A temporary directory was used in webmin, however it did not check for the previous owner of the directory. This could allow an attacker to create the directory and place dangerous symbolic links inside.

 

The updated packages are patched to prevent this problem.

 

 

Updated Packages

 

 

Mandrakelinux 9.2

 

e6229d8643b40a26f078df9a77586550 9.2/RPMS/webmin-1.100-3.2.92mdk.noarch.rpm

14f946037d3fae42cc4a9c12f60efa42 9.2/SRPMS/webmin-1.100-3.2.92mdk.src.rpm

 

Mandrakelinux 9.2/AMD64

 

dd0de653be6ed73d6bd7a987fc67381c amd64/9.2/RPMS/webmin-1.100-3.2.92mdk.noarch.rpm

14f946037d3fae42cc4a9c12f60efa42 amd64/9.2/SRPMS/webmin-1.100-3.2.92mdk.src.rpm

 

Mandrakelinux 10.0

 

4c78f3cf3d36b80fed1234e72226a69f 10.0/RPMS/webmin-1.121-4.2.100mdk.noarch.rpm

2327bc0de2f830f3116a63223e320faa 10.0/SRPMS/webmin-1.121-4.2.100mdk.src.rpm

 

Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64

 

e8cb98e29077720f776eda0fd7cd4eef amd64/10.0/RPMS/webmin-1.121-4.2.100mdk.noarch.rpm

2327bc0de2f830f3116a63223e320faa amd64/10.0/SRPMS/webmin-1.121-4.2.100mdk.src.rpm

 

Corporate Server 2.1

 

f02b795d532f968ff4649e9b8f356446 corporate/2.1/RPMS/webmin-0.990-6.4.C21mdk.noarch.rpm

8debafbca3a6c24bb29613dca0b5975e corporate/2.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.990-6.4.C21mdk.src.rpm

 

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64

 

d044477e1a34708c3784230505adb112 x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/webmin-0.990-6.4.C21mdk.noarch.rpm

8debafbca3a6c24bb29613dca0b5975e x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/webmin-0.990-6.4.C21mdk.src.rpm

 

References

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0559

 

 

Upgrade

 

 

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate.

 

Verification

 

 

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command:

 

rpm --checksig package.rpm

 

 

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

 

If you use MandrakeUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.