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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                             
                     ESB-98.045 -- Red Hat Linux Bulletin
		   SECURITY: new svgalib and kbd now available
                                27 March 1998

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Red Hat Software, Inc. has released the following advisory concerning
/tmp exploits found in svgalib and kbd.  

The following security bulletin is provided as a service to AUSCERT's
members.  As AUSCERT did not write this document, AUSCERT has had no
control over its content.  As such, the decision to use any or all of this
information is the responsibility of each user or organisation, and should
be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures.

NOTE: This is only the original release of the security bulletin.  It will
not be updated when the original bulletin is.  If downloading at a later
date, it is recommended that the bulletin is retrieved from the original
authors to ensure that the information is still current.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Red 
Hat directly. 

Previous advisories and external security bulletins can be retrieved from:

        http://www.auscert.org.au/Information/advisories.html

If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AUSCERT or your
representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams).

Internet Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
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/tmp exploits have been found in svgalib and kbd. New versions of both
of these packages are available for Red Hat Linux. All of these new
packages have been signed with the Red Hat PGP key.

svgalib is only available for i386 platforms, and kbd is only availble
for Intel and SPARC (it was not included in Red Hat 4.2 on the SPARC).

Thanks to Mark A. Spencer and Alan Cox for helping to find and fix these
problems.


Red Hat 5.0
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i386:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/kbd-0.94-6.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/svgalib-1.2.11-4.i386.rpm

alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/alpha/kbd-0.94-6.alpha.rpm

Red Hat 4.2
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i386:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/i386/kbd-0.91-10.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/i386/svgalib-1.2.10-3.i386.rpm

alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/alpha/kbd-0.91-10.alpha.rpm


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