URGENT MESSAGE FOR RED HAT USERS
josephc at etards.net
josephc at etards.net
Fri Aug 29 17:30:30 EDT 2003
apt-get upgrade will also correct the issue
-joe
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Timothy M. Lyons wrote:
> David,
>
> Their certificate expired yesterday.
>
> People using up2date should note that they need to download or point to the
> appropriate ftp locations and use the manual 'rpm -Fvh' command. Up2date will
> fail on a bad certificate.
>
> --Tim
>
>
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 at 16:02 -0400 David Kramer was heard to utter:
>
> DK> From: David Kramer <david at thekramers.net>
> DK> To: discuss at blu.org
> DK> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:02:08 -0400
> DK> Subject: URGENT MESSAGE FOR RED HAT USERS
> DK>
> DK> Apparently the SSL certificate used by the up2date program is expiring Real
> DK> Soon Now. No matter what release you are using. If you do not get the new
> DK> certificate, or update to an up2date that has the certificate, you will not
> DK> be able to run up2date.
> DK>
> DK> Here is the email I got from them:
> DK>
> DK> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> DK>
> DK> Subject: [RHSA-2003:267-01] New up2date available with updated SSL
> DK> certificate authority file
> DK> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:39 -0400
> DK> From: bugzilla at redhat.com
> DK> To: redhat-watch-list at redhat.com, bugtraq at securityfocus.com,
> DK> full-disclosure at lists.netsys.com
> DK>
> DK> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> DK> Hash: SHA1
> DK>
> DK> - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> DK> Red Hat Security Advisory
> DK>
> DK> Synopsis: New up2date available with updated SSL certificate
> DK> authority file Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:267-01
> DK> Issue date: 2003-08-29
> DK> Updated on: 2003-08-29
> DK> Product: Red Hat Linux
> DK> Keywords: up2date Red Hat Network rhn_register
> DK> Cross references:
> DK> Obsoletes:
> DK> - ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> DK>
> DK> 1. Topic:
> DK>
> DK> New versions of the up2date and rhn_register clients are available and
> DK> are required for continued access to Red Hat Network.
> DK>
> DK> 2. Relevant releases/architectures:
> DK>
> DK> Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386
> DK> Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64
> DK> Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386
> DK> Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386
> DK> Red Hat Linux 9 - i386
> DK>
> DK> 3. Problem description:
> DK>
> DK> The rhn_register and up2date packages contain the software necessary to
> DK> take advantage of Red Hat Network functionality.
> DK>
> DK> This erratum includes an updated RHNS-CA-CERT file, which contains a new CA
> DK> certificate. This new certificate is needed so that up2date can continue
> DK> to communicate with Red Hat Network after 28 August 2003. Without this
> DK> updated certificate, users will see SSL Connection Errors reported by
> DK> up2date or rhn_register.
> DK>
> DK> All users must upgrade to these erratum packages in order to continue to
> DK> use Red Hat Network. This includes both interactive use of up2date, as
> DK> well as actions scheduled by the RHN website.
> DK>
> DK> 4. Solution:
> DK>
> DK> Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
> DK> relevant to your system have been applied.
> DK>
> DK> To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
> DK>
> DK> rpm -Fvh [filenames]
> DK>
> DK> where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
> DK> RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
> DK> not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
> DK> can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
> DK> the desired RPMs.
> DK>
> DK> Because the previous Certificate Authority has expired, up2date will
> DK> present 'SSL Certificate Errors' if you attempt to use it to apply this
> DK> errata. Therefore, this update cannot be applied directly with up2date and
> DK> instead must be applied as indicated above.
> DK>
> DK> In addition to the Red Hat FTP site, the latest versions of up2date and
> DK> rhn_register are also available at
> DK>
> DK> https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt
> DK>
> DK> For users who would prefer to install the new certificate directly, it is
> DK> available at:
> DK>
> DK> https://rhn.redhat.com/help/ssl_cert.pxt
> DK>
> DK> 5. RPMs required:
> DK>
> DK> Red Hat Linux 7.1:
> DK>
> DK> SRPMS:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.src.rpm
> DK>
> DK> i386:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm
> DK>
> DK> Red Hat Linux 7.2:
> DK>
> DK> SRPMS:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.src.rpm
> DK>
> DK> i386:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm
> DK>
> DK> ia64:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm
> DK>
> DK> Red Hat Linux 7.3:
> DK>
> DK> SRPMS:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.src.rpm
> DK>
> DK> i386:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm
> DK>
> DK> Red Hat Linux 8.0:
> DK>
> DK> SRPMS:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.src.rpm
> DK>
> DK> i386:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK>
> DK> Red Hat Linux 9:
> DK>
> DK> SRPMS:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.src.rpm
> DK>
> DK> i386:
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK> ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK>
> DK>
> DK>
> DK> 6. Verification:
> DK>
> DK> MD5 sum Package Name
> DK> -
> DK> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> DK> b67ea5065c3115d523e17561aac5cb7c
> DK> 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.src.rpm
> DK> 71f2f6e4bfcdee8f4f46ef037c7a1c8d
> DK> 7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm
> DK> 2205d1e5832dbb67d60103104eb59fec
> DK> 7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm
> DK> 3deea256b106e71ee6d5890639d872b3
> DK> 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.src.rpm
> DK> 21bc8e1f03e9f28590d46df60a9458b5
> DK> 7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm
> DK> 3d3d7c6dca73d521a0f541b859f13eb3
> DK> 7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm
> DK> ac5161a5bbe122896eccbc312bef9273
> DK> 7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm
> DK> c789fbf88d7faf82504eb4189b767f90
> DK> 7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm
> DK> 23d8868920cb7df21925669f04fb2ad2
> DK> 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.src.rpm
> DK> 3643d7774d7e60a1aeb79c8fecbf624c
> DK> 7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm
> DK> 89977334ec0d3a2a720c3303602fc8dd
> DK> 7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm
> DK> 17ad92db4579d046d84c84a16784ba98 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.src.rpm
> DK> 15bc5dc918916bca3a5c29148979716e 8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK> 1ae89cf79880f3bc5de7b86eb1d47a2b
> DK> 8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK> b8a5b2d548869a846cbaf373f3637555 9/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.src.rpm
> DK> 3faabcb9cc610627fe378b88d0b2b928 9/en/os/i386/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK> 733d0aca17c15af0b1fa709ba86337dc
> DK> 9/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm
> DK>
> DK>
> DK> These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is
> DK> available from https://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html
> DK>
> DK> You can verify each package with the following command:
> DK>
> DK> rpm --checksig -v <filename>
> DK>
> DK> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
> DK> tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
> DK>
> DK> md5sum <filename>
> DK>
> DK> 7. Contact:
> DK>
> DK> The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
> DK> details at https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html
> DK>
> DK> Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc.
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