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Mandriva: [ MDVA-2009:052 ] initscripts
Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas
A race condition on getkey process in initscripts shipped with Mandriva
CS4 will make the boot stop when entering interactive startup.
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Mandriva Linux Advisory MDVA-2009:052
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : initscripts
Date : April 8, 2009
Affected: Corporate 4.0
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Problem Description:
A race condition on getkey process in initscripts shipped with Mandriva
CS4 will make the boot stop when entering interactive startup.
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References:
https://qa.mandriva.com/49139
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Updated Packages:
Corporate 4.0:
f7d1be95744a16d12e58a5a5f5634ff9 corporate/4.0/i586/initscripts-7.61.1-50.4.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
c233b730926b8ec5af186fe9e4592525 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/initscripts-7.61.1-50.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
d5ea5fa80644a3293cd05198f53ff1ce corporate/4.0/x86_64/initscripts-7.61.1-50.4.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
c233b730926b8ec5af186fe9e4592525 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/initscripts-7.61.1-50.4.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team