Advisories
Mandriva Advisories
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| Problem Description |
The util-linux package provides the mcookie utility, a tool for
generating random cookies that can be used for X authentication. The
util-linux packages that were distributed with Mandrake Linux 8.2 and
9.0 had a patch that made it use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random,
which resulted in the mcookie being more predictable than it would
otherwise be. This patch has been removed in these updates, giving
mcookie a better source of entropy and making the generated cookies
less predictable. Thanks to Dirk Mueller for pointing this out.
| Updated Packages |
Mandrakelinux 8.2
42ff78fc528a12c85074b9930e5dca40 8.2/RPMS/losetup-2.11n-4.4mdk.i586.rpm 95d6fa4f6657799dc47eaeb5cb77cafc 8.2/RPMS/mount-2.11n-4.4mdk.i586.rpm 1a0cd7a36dc16fc6229812669d2bfc87 8.2/RPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.i586.rpm 6bf632bf623ec261d96b63fb267bd4e9 8.2/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.src.rpm
Mandrakelinux 8.2/PPC
a63c201ccb44b3db876e8b730644a449 ppc/8.2/RPMS/losetup-2.11n-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm 59bce5df786546785a8425006749d0f0 ppc/8.2/RPMS/mount-2.11n-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm 27591222bc4498183f48fa11f1edbbf3 ppc/8.2/RPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.ppc.rpm 6bf632bf623ec261d96b63fb267bd4e9 ppc/8.2/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11n-4.4mdk.src.rpm
Mandrakelinux 9.0
09586a3e81b2212b8044445fc4559fc5 9.0/RPMS/losetup-2.11u-1.1mdk.i586.rpm be9751b84f20ec4bc1ced03c4004dcb4 9.0/RPMS/mount-2.11u-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 613661ae3c324580e653330814f74756 9.0/RPMS/util-linux-2.11u-1.1mdk.i586.rpm 757145e95a3a990f0c95589cd0324a71 9.0/SRPMS/util-linux-2.11u-1.1mdk.src.rpm
| Upgrade |
To upgrade automatically, use MandrivaUpdate.
| 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.