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Package name wu-ftpd
Date January 10th, 2001
Advisory ID MDKSA-2001:001
Affected versions 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
Synopsis Updated wu-ftpd packages fix temp file creation bug

Problem Description

WireX discovered a temporary file creation bug in the 2.6.1 release of
wu-ftpd. The problem exists in the privatepw helper program. As well,
Linux-Mandrake 7.2 users must update to this package as it fixes
security problems as discussed in the prior advisory, MDKSA-2000:014,
which had not been previously addressed for 7.2.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 6.0

 2eeaebf58b97423d2f3865bc90aceae1  6.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8  6.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 6.1

 84c34e582229a8a9c603cf0d4d47ae19  6.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8  6.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 7.0

 f90d0722c3804cc9ddd785745daffba7  7.0/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8  7.0/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 7.1

 b3d4c2e601cc8a436813060b3db1c812  7.1/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.i586.rpm
cf8e90bb1f5eca91fa693caca1ebd7c8  7.1/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.4mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 7.2

 4a0d0bd05592b44e8b8cb4915223b789  7.2/RPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.3mdk.i586.rpm
3a771b2820319c25d85e49e0ba19a47f  7.2/SRPMS/wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.3mdk.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.

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