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Mandriva: Updated e2fsprogs packages fix memory leak Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake The libblkid library contained in the libext2fs2 package contains a serious memory leak which can cause machines being used as NFS servers to rapidly consume system memory. This update fixes the memory leak.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Advisory                                   MDKA-2007:068
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : e2fsprogs
 Date    : June 25, 2007
 Affected: 2007.1
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 The libblkid library contained in the libext2fs2 package contains a
 serious memory leak which can cause machines being used as NFS servers
 to rapidly consume system memory. This update fixes the memory leak.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
 30b093dcb4a7d2b5614fda1108271f91  2007.1/i586/e2fsprogs-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 9b332fa339b03bdbebb1ed0365b323f5  2007.1/i586/libext2fs2-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
 edb63ea112b8bf4152c125c082e619cf  2007.1/i586/libext2fs2-devel-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 ac11881a83e6d0ed8d2ca7389519a070  2007.1/SRPMS/e2fsprogs-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
 72e14009a7c0e691176effe298743590  2007.1/x86_64/e2fsprogs-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 0802ad2f5b75ff84f0c5d9e124c286d5  2007.1/x86_64/lib64ext2fs2-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
 bae7e25f49b43471c03fe4eddc00ff88  2007.1/x86_64/lib64ext2fs2-devel-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 ac11881a83e6d0ed8d2ca7389519a070  2007.1/SRPMS/e2fsprogs-1.39-5.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 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
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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