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Mandriva: Updated HAL packages fixes card reader bug
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
HAL in Mandriva 2006 doesn't correctly handle card readers advertising themselves as SCSI removable disk, which was preventing HAL from correctly creating entries in fstab when the user inserts a memory card. Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
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Mandriva Linux Advisory MDKA-2006:003
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : hal
Date : January 5, 2006
Affected: 2006.0
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Problem Description:
HAL in Mandriva 2006 doesn't correctly handle card readers advertising
themselves as SCSI removable disk, which was preventing HAL from correctly
creating entries in fstab when the user inserts a memory card.
Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
19bb9a793643813890cd42995f1cdc30 2006.0/RPMS/hal-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
bf8a980c3c317f2d8cf323b0f8e75c9e 2006.0/RPMS/hal-gnome-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
cf0e8a36b04640ad8917262096eb3279 2006.0/RPMS/libhal0-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
2893496f5ec0f25e1471038bcc94b0ae 2006.0/RPMS/libhal0-devel-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
67a8b360490c4506a793414fd9fdc849 2006.0/SRPMS/hal-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
897d3ccb0394cf528a4523ef36d4bf69 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/hal-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
43de934fb0c6f6579fcbcd928df86204 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/hal-gnome-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
176c6f07c2401c8058384e0e7a3d2332 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64hal0-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
c8968cc771617bc7f217fafc9639819b x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64hal0-devel-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
67a8b360490c4506a793414fd9fdc849 x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/hal-0.4.8-15.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate 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
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team