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[Security Announce] [ MDVA-2008:154 ] util-linux-ng

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Mandriva Linux Advisory MDVA-2008:154

http://www.mandriva.com/security/

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Package : util-linux-ng

Date : October 21, 2008

Affected: 2009.0

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Problem Description:

 

Several bugs were found in util-linux-ng package:

- Using an offset on loopback device was broken

- Creating an encrypted loopback with losetup -e was broken

- Using fdisk to modify the partition table of an image file did not

write the changes

 

The updated package fixes these issues.

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Updated Packages:

 

Mandriva Linux 2009.0:

0aa5ea85a6549521a2084b6457110ed6 2009.0/i586/util-linux-ng-2.14.1-4.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm

4fbab52fb5801535f60cbc7f8663fd59 2009.0/SRPMS/util-linux-ng-2.14.1-4.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

 

Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:

49e60cb081c25d93957fc563c331af4d 2009.0/x86_64/util-linux-ng-2.14.1-4.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm

4fbab52fb5801535f60cbc7f8663fd59 2009.0/SRPMS/util-linux-ng-2.14.1-4.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

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