Fedora Legacy Test Update Notification: less

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Fedora Legacy Test Update Notification
FEDORALEGACY-2005-2404
Bugzilla https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2404
2005-03-07
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Name        : less
Versions    : rh9: less-378-7.2.legacy
Summary     : A text file browser similar to more, but with additional
               capabilities.
Description :
The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has
more capabilities. Less allows you to move backwards in the file as
well as forwards. Since less does not have to read the entire input
file before it starts, less starts up more quickly than text editors.

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Update Information:

An updated less package that fixes segmentation fault when viewing
binary files is now available.

The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but has
extended capabilities.

Victor Ashik discovered a heap based buffer overflow in less, caused by
a patch added to the less package in Red Hat Linux 9. An attacker could
construct a carefully crafted file that could cause less to crash or
possibly execute arbitrary code when opened. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2005-0086 to this issue.

All users of the less package should upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves this issue.

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Changelogs

rh9:
* Sun Mar 06 2005 Marc Deslauriers <marcdeslauriers at videotron.ca> 
378-7.2.legacy
- Added missing autoconf to BuildRequires

* Tue Feb 15 2005 Pekka Savola <pekkas at netcore.fi> 378-7.1.legacy
- Fix CAN-2005-0086 (#2404) from RHEL3.

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This update can be downloaded from:
   http://download.fedoralegacy.org/
(sha1sums)

rh9:
08f54de18179fdaf849cd26d0497531426fd9cc6 
redhat/9/updates-testing/i386/less-378-7.2.legacy.i386.rpm
58ccb5a8cdb72c2a64cd8b41ba8984f2df906a18 
redhat/9/updates-testing/SRPMS/less-378-7.2.legacy.src.rpm

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