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| Problem Description |
A stack-based buffer overflow was found in mtr prior to version 0.73
that allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted
DNS PTR record, when called with the --split option (CVE-2008-2357).
The updated packages provide mtr 0.73 which corrects this issue.
| Updated Packages |
Corporate Server 4.0
c98d0d2dd309c5e2c682f9856fc4a3f4 corporate/4.0/i586/mtr-0.73-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 30ec5571b686d8cca39b298ce4e2bf85 corporate/4.0/i586/mtr-gtk-0.73-0.1.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm b7167d193a2deb8fdd9b95d3bcaf4675 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/mtr-0.73-0.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
Corporate Server 4.0/X86_64
740038eccdac13acd2bedb4469ecbbfc corporate/4.0/x86_64/mtr-0.73-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 402ab38bff420a063010b88593e0fc5f corporate/4.0/x86_64/mtr-gtk-0.73-0.1.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm b7167d193a2deb8fdd9b95d3bcaf4675 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/mtr-0.73-0.1.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
| References |
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2357
| 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.