From gduval@MANDRAKESOFT.COM Thu Jul 13 14:27:42 2000 From: Gael Duval To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 01:46:18 +0200 Reply-To: security-discuss@linux-mandrake.com Subject: [Security Announce] kernel update ------------------------------------- Linux-Mandrake Security Update ------------------------------------- Package: kernel Affected versions: 7.1 Problem: POSIX "Capabilities" have recently been implemented in the Linux kernel. These "Capabilities" are an additional form of privilege control to enable more specific control over what priviliged processes can do. Capabilities are implemented as three (fairly large) bitfields, which each bit representing a specific action a privileged process can perform. By setting specific bits, the actions of priviliged processes can be controlled -- access can be granted for various functions only to the specific parts of a program that require them. It is a security measure. Please upgrade to: md5sum: c5331676f063807160ff44e221cbd81d binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 94b6ea108fd5436c7271ef5fc117553d binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: b4e61a18465a1d452ef7768e3eb5bdc8 binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-fb-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 69e05cea2853440c9914d71e6cea167f binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-headers-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 5c1463354cb8327d515cb0ba9453ffdc binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-linus-2.2.16-2mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 8735b139e0fc71f56d9a78d5f41a38da binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 3fa45cb921549de64677fea83d0d47bc binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 3aac015c1dd82951a3c4d5c8f694d2bb binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 3dc16da65156c7cda785fe0a80e8e546 binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: fb0aba2b890edb6a238b090760abdef2 binary: 7.1/RPMS/kernel-utils-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: 20346b180246a4695145684f07a7a979 source: 7.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.16-9mdk.src.rpm md5sum: c158098babcbdc5a5235ded8adf5dc09 binary: 7.1/RPMS/reiserfs-utils-2.2.16_3.5.19-9mdk.i586.rpm md5sum: a22bd276a9f77ac16b87494b7880b3c3 binary: 7.1/RPMS/alsa-2.2.16_0.5.7-9mdk.i586.rpm Note: we give the md5 sum for each package. It lets you check the integrity of the downloaded package by running the md5sum command on the package ("md5sum package.rpm"). -- < Gael DUVAL http://www.mandrake.com >