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Mandriva: Updated lzma packages fix possible data loss issue Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake The lzma program did not properly check that the closing of output succeeded, which could lead to rare, but possible, data loss. Another issue with liblzmadec was also discovered where programs could crash if decoding of a stream was not properly initialized. This update ensures that output is properly closed so as to avoid silent data loss, and adds consistency checks to liblzmadec so that programs will no longer crash if a stream isn't properly initialized.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Advisory                                   MDVA-2008:012
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : lzma
 Date    : January 17, 2008
 Affected: 2008.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 The lzma program did not properly check that the closing of output
 succeeded, which could lead to rare, but possible, data loss.
 Another issue with liblzmadec was also discovered where programs
 could crash if decoding of a stream was not properly initialized.
 
 This update ensures that output is properly closed so as to avoid
 silent data loss, and adds consistency checks to liblzmadec so that
 programs will no longer crash if a stream isn't properly initialized.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
 4f0e82d096561bf25fec268d43990a43  2008.0/i586/dkms-lzma-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 35c278d3854d0c894369787c51fca11a  2008.0/i586/liblzma0-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 fbdeffc055eac2abecc063cc6b9fd162  2008.0/i586/liblzma0-devel-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
 014ecdae0b866bd57f9033f206b6348e  2008.0/i586/lzma-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 4e63267629faffbf153734c27fd105f6  2008.0/SRPMS/lzma-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
 40250f544c19f2505e58916e5b769b8e  2008.0/x86_64/dkms-lzma-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 beedc795d3656b09b7aa9fe435abeac2  2008.0/x86_64/lib64lzma0-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 3aeee2cb7c31da5f1d413e8d7d51fe3d  2008.0/x86_64/lib64lzma0-devel-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
 0cc3f63a7b82e9927be2957532b97d1f  2008.0/x86_64/lzma-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 4e63267629faffbf153734c27fd105f6  2008.0/SRPMS/lzma-4.43-17.1mdv2008.0.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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