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                        SuSE Security Announcement

        Package:  trn-3.x and previous versions
        Date:     Tue Aug 25 09:28:15 CEST 1999
        Affected: maybe all Unix operatingsystems using trn
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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are using
this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).

Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as
well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue.

Please note, that that we provide this information on as "as-is" basis only.
There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or
incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of
the update package.
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1. Problem Description

  The news reader trn uses a hardcoded temporary file, which resides in /tmp.

2. Impact

  By creating a symbolic link in /tmp, files could be overwritten, if the
  privileges of the user executing trn permits that operation.

3. Solution

  Updated the trn package from our FTP server.
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Here are the md5 checksums of the upgrade packages, please verify these
before installing the new packages:

  55cd717cfabb6ca95c5e8255c58eb514  trn-3.6-70.i386.rpm
  0738e9a26aca763c2a704e76f9adedf6  trn_spl-3.6-61.i386.rpm
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You will find the update on our ftp-Server:
    
Webpage for patches:
  http://www.suse.de/patches/index.html

or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:
  http://www.suse.de/ftp.html
  
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