Subject: Re: Package suse_base-6.4 on i386
To: Sean Davis <dive-nb@endersgame.net>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at>
List: tech-security
Date: 08/19/2001 16:46:46
Hi!

Mutt made me believe that Sean Davis wrote:
> I'm running NetBSD current (as of the 17th) on i386, and I'm getting the
> following from audit-packages:
> 
> <dive@eros(/etc){8}> # /usr/pkg/sbin/audit-packages 
> Package suse_base-6.4 has a local-root-shell vulnerability, see
> http://www.suse.com/de/support/security/2001_001_glibc_txt.txt
> 
> What I am wondering, is what would tbe best way to correct / workaround this
> vulnerability be? I updated and checked my pkgsrc, and that's still the most
> recent version of the port in there. Any suggestions?

emulators/suse_base is at 6.4nb2 since 2001/01/28... please check your
pkgsrc.

Bye,
 Thomas

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