[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2007-2462
2007-10-10 19:33:26.380124
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Name        : util-linux
Product     : Fedora 7
Version     : 2.13
Release     : 0.54.1.fc7
URL         : []
Summary     : A collection of basic system utilities.
Description :
The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among
others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login
program.

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ChangeLog:

* Mon Oct  8 2007 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13-0.54.1
- fix #320131 - CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers [F7]
* Wed Aug  8 2007 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13-0.54
- backport mount relatime patch
* Thu Aug  2 2007 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13-0.53
- fix #236848 - mount/fstab.c:lock_mtab() should open with proper permissions
- fix #238918 - blockdev --getsize does not work properly on devices with more than 2^31 sectors
* Mon Jul  9 2007 Karel Zak <kzak at redhat.com> 2.13-0.52
- fix #245578 - login's PAM configuration inits the keyring at an inconvenient time
- fix #231532 - "pamconsole" not documented in mount(8)
- fix #243930 - translation files exist, but are not being used
- fix #228731 - sfdisk doesn't support DM-MP device (add default heads and sectors)
- fix #231192 - ipcs is not printing correct values on pLinux
- fix #245912 - mount doesn't write the 'loop=...' option in /etc/mtab when mounting a loop device
- fix #213253 - "cal -3" generates improperly formatted output
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #320041 - CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041
  [ 2 ] CVE-2007-5191
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5191
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Updated packages:

2aedbaafdf347aa298558a56e9d9020f88e3acc4 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
67f580fe186fb81b20a88eb512c13a994b45578b util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc64.rpm
15837b21fccb7a8160aa262f8c89e7c96edad4c1 util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.i386.rpm
f638d85d5ca00df21ac9de9a0da03fd56a9ab8c7 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.i386.rpm
e6a30062c8d8047473dad04ad489c3262828eb18 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
e463d60a90473d8d76dbd23e0557c91b12dbb77c util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.x86_64.rpm
86cdcf5c587ff53d897101ee157ddd626fd424fe util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc.rpm
46b432df12c7f46cb49564dc06818c5fcc1c8aa0 util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.ppc.rpm
7f6962c44ca92c98c0a9b5b10355df7d50669b44 util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7.src.rpm

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update util-linux' 
at the command line.  For more information, refer to "Managing Software
with yum", available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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