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                        TurboLinux Security Announcement

        Package: All packages prior to LPRng-3.6.26
        Date: Tuesday, 01-30-2001 5:00 PDT

        Affected TurboLinux versions: All versions of TurboLinux
                                      6.0.5 and earlier

        TurboLinux Advisory ID#: TLSA2001001-1
        Credits: Reported to BugTraq by Chris Evans

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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update the package in your installation as soon as possible.
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1. Problem Summary(From the FreeBSD, Inc. Advisory)

   The LPRng port, versions prior to 3.6.26, contains a potential vulnera-
   bility which may allow root compromise from both local and remote systems.
   The vulnerability is due to incorrect usage of the syslog(3) function.
   Local and remote users can send string-formatting operators to the print-
   er daemon to corrupt the daemon's execution, potentially gaining root
   access.

2. Impact(From the FreeBSD, Inc. Advisory)

   Local and remote users may potentially gain root privileges on systems
   using LPRng.

   If you have not chosen to install the LPRng port/package, then your
   system is not vulnerable to this problem.

3. Solution

  Update the package from our ftp server by running the following command:

  rpm -Uvh --nodeps --force ftp_path_to_filename

  Where ftp_path_to_filename is the following:

  ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/LPRng-3.6.26-1.i386.rpm

  The source RPM can be downloaded here:

  ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/SRPMS/LPRng-3.6.26-1.src.rpm

  **Note: You must rebuild and install the RPM if you choose to download
  and install the SRPM. Simply installing the SRPM alone WILL NOT CLOSE
  THE SECURITY HOLE.

 Please verify the MD5 checksums of the updates before you install:

  MD5 sum Package Name
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9f37a98597a9a8928e5ce18cbf8061da LPRng-3.6.26-1.i386.rpm
ce658c13b5714c14acb88f9b1f26106e LPRng-3.6.26-1.src.rpm
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These packages are GPG signed by TurboLinux for security. Our key
is available here:

 http://www.turbolinux.com/security/tlgpgkey.asc

To verify a package, use the following command:

 rpm --checksig name_of_rpm

To examine only the md5sum, use the following command:

 rpm --checksig --nogpg name_of_rpm

**Note: Checking GPG keys requires RPM 3.0 or higher.

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You can find more updates on our ftp server:

   ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/ for TL6.0 Workstation
   and Server security updates
   ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/4.0/security/ for TL4.0 Workstation
   and Server security updates

Our webpage for security announcements:

   http://www.turbolinux.com/security

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact:

   securityturbolinux.com
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