Red Hat 6.0 RHSA-1999:017-01 Critical: Net-Tools Overflow Fix

Red Hat 6.0: RHSA-1999:017-01 Critical: Net-Tools Buffer Overflow

A potential security problem has been fixed in the net-tools package.


Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Package	net-tools

Synopsis	Potential security problem in Red Hat 6.0 net-tools.

Advisory ID	RHSA-1999:017-01

Issue Date	1999-06-24

Keywords	net-tools buffer overruns

1. Topic: A potential security problem has been fixed in the net-tools 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: net- tools-1.52-2.i386.rpm Alpha: net- tools-1.52-2.alpha.rpm SPARC: net- tools-1.52-2.sparc.rpm 7. Problem description: Several potential buffer overruns have been corrected within the net-tool package. 8. Solution: 9. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3ca7a4b36ca8269c5546308c904d705b SRPMS/net-tools-1.52-2.src.rpm aaacb5aa6001e32c7c12fa178e90eca9 alpha/net-tools-1.52-2.alpha.rpm 6707f4c30ee19874025b6d1b8cc1dee0 i386/net-tools-1.52-2.i386.rpm c12dacbdc3f761afa09d8e8b4e60f081 sparc/net-tools-1.52-2.sparc.rpm These packages are also PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our key is available at: 10. References: