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Originally Published: Sunday, 23 July 2000 Author: Alexander Reelsen
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Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory dhcp

All versions of the ISC DHCP client program, dhclient, are vulnerable to a root attack by a corrupt DHCP server. This version fixes the vulnerability. Versions of Linux Mandrake prior to 7.0, while including the ISC DHCP server, do not include the DHCP client and are therefore not subject to this vulnerability.

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:15:39 -0600 From: Linux Mandrake Security Team To: security-announce@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2000:022 dhcp update

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Linux-Mandrake Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: dhcp Date: July 21th, 2000 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2000:022

Affected versions: 7.0, 7.1 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

All versions of the ISC DHCP client program, dhclient, are vulnerable to a root attack by a corrupt DHCP server. This version fixes the vulnerability. Versions of Linux Mandrake prior to 7.0, while including the ISC DHCP server, do not include the DHCP client and are therefore not subject to this vulnerability. ________________________________________________________________________

Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this by running the md5sum program on the downloaded package by using "md5sum package.rpm".

Linux-Mandrake 7.0: faa8830146547ebf4a76b5b505c22208 7.0/RPMS/dhcp-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.i586.rpm 279db137b39003083564ddeba0832d7c 7.0/RPMS/dhcp-client-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.i586.rpm cc58a90e4e7e8a3c250d8c4effffb8c7 7.0/RPMS/dhcp-relay-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.i586.rpm 4183dde09bea7ef859d1c076852371ef 7.0/SRPMS/dhcp-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.1: 2053f46717fa0e87b77de6e98b92e39e 7.1/RPMS/dhcp-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.i586.rpm b1282db6e3d2e9ca3aa91e473e9e08ce 7.1/RPMS/dhcp-client-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.i586.rpm ce1f1a728d709d29f7699a584f4165ff 7.1/RPMS/dhcp-relay-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.i586.rpm 4183dde09bea7ef859d1c076852371ef 7.1/SRPMS/dhcp-3.0b1pl17-2mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use « MandrakeUpdate ».

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and uprade with "rpm -Uvh package_name".

You can download the updates directly from: ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/updates ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/updates

Or try one of the other mirrors listed at:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3.

Updated packages are available in the "updates/[ver]/RPMS/" directory. For example, if you are looking for an updated RPM package for Linux-Mandrake 7.1, look for it in "updates/7.1/RPMS/". Updated source RPMs are available as well, but you generally do not need to download them.

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update, so if you want an immediate upgrade, please use one of the two above-listed mirrors.

You can view other security advisories for Linux-Mandrake at:

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security@linux-mandrake.com



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