[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: rpm-4.14.2.1-1.fc29
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-89a3999673
2018-10-30 17:13:37.322464
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Name : rpm
Product : Fedora 29
Version : 4.14.2.1
Release : 1.fc29
URL : http://www.rpm.org/
Summary : The RPM package management system
Description :
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven
package management system capable of installing, uninstalling,
verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Each software
package consists of an archive of files along with information about
the package like its version, a description, etc.
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Update Information:
An unfortunate regression in rpm 4.14.2 causes --setperms to behave incorrectly
on symbolic links: file and directory permissions become world writable and
executable on symlink targets. A similar flaw exists in --setugids, but it is
less exploitable. If you have used --setperms (or --setugids,
or --restore) with rpm 4.14.2, you should ensure system integrity with rpm
--verify before proceeding to correct any mixed up permissions and ownerships to
avoid possibly giving suid capabilities to a modified binary. Further details
of the --setperms bug available upstream: http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.14.2.1
**Note that this update can not automatically fix possible damage done by using
���setperms, ���setugids or ���restore with rpm 4.14.2, it merely fixes the
functionlity itself. Any damage needs to be investigated and fixed manually,
such as using ���verify and ���restore or reinstalling packages.**
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Oct 22 2018 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai(a)redhat.com> - 4.14.2.1-1
- Update to rpm 4.14.2.1 (http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.14.2.1)
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-89a3999673' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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