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                        SuSE Security Announcement



        Package:  mirror-2.8.f4

        Date:     Fri Oct 01 22:21:15 MEST 1999

        Affected: all Linux distributions using mirror <= 2.8.f4

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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.

Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using

this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).



Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as

well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue.



Please note, that that we provide this information on as "as-is" basis only.

There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or

incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of

the update package.

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1. Problem Description



   The mirror package is a tool to duplicate the contents of ftp servers.

   A vulnerability exists when attackers can create directory like " .."

   on the target mirror ftp server.



2. Impact



   Files can be created one level above the local target directory for

   the mirrored files.



3. Solution



   Update the mirror package. See below.



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Here are the md5 checksums of the upgrade packages, please verify these

before installing the new packages:



eaccdb63f04bd93fbed398103230d962  mirror-2.8.f4-89.i386.rpm  (SuSE 5.3)

b2830062371f924dedc12176d51ee01f  mirror-2.8.f4-89.i386.rpm  (SuSE 6.1)

f196641d03d95fd0ed5352787ba2b323  mirror-2.8.f4-89.alpha.rpm (SuSE AXP)

3ede055671a41481f9296d94ec577bd5  mirror-2.8.f4-89.i386.rpm  (SuSE 6.2)



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You will find the update on our ftp-Server:



  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/5.3/n1/mirror-2.8.f4-89.i386.rpm

  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/n1/mirror-2.8.f4-89.i386.rpm

  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/n1/mirror-2.8.f4-89.alpha.rpm

  ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/n1/mirror-2.8.f4-89.i386.rpm



Webpage for patches:

  http://www.suse.de/patches/index.html



or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:

  http://www.suse.de/ftp.html

  http://www.suse.com/ftp_new.html



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