RE: tlug: security hole in TurboLinux/TurboLinuxJ

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 6 May 1998, Jonathan Byrne--3Web wrote:

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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> $B:9=P?M(B : Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>
> $B08@example.com(B : Tokyo Linux Users' Group <tlug@example.com>
> $BF|;~(B : 1998$BG/(B5$B7n(B6$BF|(B 10:42
> $B7oL>(B : tlug: security hole in TurboLinux/TurboLinuxJ
> 
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> >
> >OK, someone found a security hole in TL/TLJ, and posted it to bugtraq,
> >where it caught my attention.  The affected packages are etcskel and
> >xinitrc.  The fixes for USA 1.0 and 1.2 TurboLinux can be obtained from:
> 
> 
> Does this hole affect 1.4J/1.9-J beta?  Both of my machines have 1.9-J beta
> on them now, but there may be some others using 1.4.  One of my machines is
> behind a firewall, but the other is not.
> 

Seeing as how the previous message told you where to get the J patches,
I'll say yes :) 

For now, until the vector mirror updates, ftp the etcskel and xinitrc rpm
packages from the tlug server's /tmp dir.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com