DetailsNew micq packages are available which fix a buffer overflow vulnerability. A buffer overflow exists in the micq package, which allows arbitrary SolutionTo update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh <filenames> where <filenames> is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directly *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Updated packages
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0233
Thanks to tHE rECIdjVO <recidjvo@pkcrew.org> for finding the vulnerability and to Seva Gluschenko < gvs@rinet.ru > for reporting lit to Bugtraq. Keywords
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