rsync update fixes security problems

New rsync packages are available to fix security problems.

Here’s the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog:

Mon Mar 11 15:09:26 PST 2002
patches/packages/rsync.tgz: Upgraded to rsync-2.5.3. This fixes two security
problems:

• Make sure that supplementary groups are removed from a server
  process after changing uid and gid. (Ethan Benson) (Debian bug
  #132272, CVE CAN-2002-0080)

• Fix zlib double-free bug. (Owen Taylor, Mark J Cox) (CVE CAN-2002-0059)

(* Security fix *)

We recommend that sites providing external rsync access upgrade to the fixed
rsync package as soon as possible.

WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGE:

Updated rsync package for Slackware 8.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/patches/packages/rsync.tgz

Updated rsync package for Slackware 7.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-7.1/patches/packages/rsync.tgz

MD5 SIGNATURE:

Here are the md5sums for the packages:

Slackware 8.0:
e88390bae124be2af4b707ad3fbfc791 rsync.tgz

Slackware 7.1:
959b82dd4fbb84da564b2ce18eb56afc rsync.tgz

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Simply upgrade as root:

 > upgradepkg rsync.tgz

Remember, it’s also a good idea to backup configuration files before
upgrading packages.