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Package name nedit
Date April 25th, 2001
Advisory ID MDKSA-2001:042
Affected versions 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, CS1.0
Synopsis Updated nedit packages fix temporary file vulnerability

Problem Description

A temporary file vulnerability exists in NEdit, the Nirvana Editor.
When printing the entire text or selected parts of the text within the
editor, nedit creates a temporary file in an insecure manner. This
could be exploited to gain access to other user privileges including
root.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 7.1

 4f97d5ed0100ee9a38961d19e189f1cb  7.1/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.i586.rpm
116f0b623fc9a9d56369a5e00aabd596  7.1/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 7.2

 aa30f2bd203db8f50cf59b0a2b6939fd  7.2/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
9ab4ccb9d28da67bf360de6f0e0acea7  7.2/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 8.0

 a6e536fabf777e8068c1eb92e963a85e  8.0/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-13.1mdk.i586.rpm
47fa2927a8b66c32661aaadcf7aa3ca4  8.0/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-13.1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 1.0.1

 4f97d5ed0100ee9a38961d19e189f1cb  1.0.1/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.i586.rpm
116f0b623fc9a9d56369a5e00aabd596  1.0.1/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.src.rpm

Upgrade

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Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

                rpm --checksig package.rpm

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.