Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Package gnumeric
Synopsis Potential security problem in gnumeric 0.23
Advisory ID RHSA-1999:023-01
Issue Date 1999-07-23
Keywords gnumeric security


1. Topic:
A potential security problem has been fixed in the gnumeric spreadsheet package.

2. Bug IDs fixed:

3. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.0, all architectures

4. Obsoleted by:
None

5. Conflicts with:
None

6. RPMs required:

Intel:

gnumeric- 0.27-1.i386.rpm

Alpha:

gnumeric-0.27-1.alpha.rpm

SPARC:

gnumeric-0.27-1.sparc.rpm

Source:

gnumeric- 0.27-1.src.rpm

7. Problem description:
At the request of the gnumeric maintainer a new version is being released by Red Hat which addresses potential security issues with the version of gnumeric shipped in Red Hat Linux 6.0.

8. Solution:
Upgrade to the latest version listed above.

9. Verification:


 MD5 sum                           Package Name

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 41d67505f1c53ce16ea66cec874deb87  gnumeric-0.27-1.i386.rpm

 89451cf299e475197350ef0367edda63  gnumeric-0.27-1.alpha.rpm

 c35d7f9a29fd9421ef4d5b1ac44d6b8e  gnumeric-0.27-1.sparc.rpm

 b28c5742c32c3d69b8e6713bb7c6f789  gnumeric-0.27-1.src.rpm
These packages are also PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our key is available at:

You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted o tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nopgp

10. References:

RH6.0: gnumeric (RHSA-1999:023-01)

A potential security problem has been fixed in the gnumeric spreadsheet package

Summary



Summary

At the request of the gnumeric maintainer a new version is being released by Red Hat which addresses potential security issues with the version of gnumeric shipped in Red Hat Linux 6.0.


Solution



Upgrade to the latest version listed above.


9. Verification:


 MD5 sum                           Package Name


 41d67505f1c53ce16ea66cec874deb87  gnumeric-0.27-1.i386.rpm

 89451cf299e475197350ef0367edda63  gnumeric-0.27-1.alpha.rpm

 c35d7f9a29fd9421ef4d5b1ac44d6b8e  gnumeric-0.27-1.sparc.rpm

 b28c5742c32c3d69b8e6713bb7c6f789  gnumeric-0.27-1.src.rpm



These packages are also PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:


You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig


If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted o
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nopgp

References


Package List


Severity

Topic


Topic

A potential security problem has been fixed in the gnumeric spreadsheet

package.

2. Bug IDs fixed:


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 6.0, all architectures

4. Obsoleted by:

None

5. Conflicts with:

None

6. RPMs required:

Intel:

gnumeric-

0.27-1.i386.rpm

Alpha:

gnumeric-0.27-1.alpha.rpm

SPARC:

gnumeric-0.27-1.sparc.rpm

Source:

gnumeric-

0.27-1.src.rpm


Bugs Fixed


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