Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package:	procmail	
Issue Date: 	July 25, 2001
Priority:	medium		
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20010725-12


1. 	Topic:

	procmail handles signals unsafely.


2. 	Problem:

	"Procmail was not handling signals properly. This has been 
	fixed in procmail 3.21."
	(from Red Hat's security advisory)


3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via yup...
   	We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
   	to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
   	automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
   	this update onto your system:

   		yup update procmail 

   	b) Updating manually...
   	The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
   	below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
   	the update.  (Please use a mirror site)

   		ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/
		rpm -Fvh procmail-3.21-0.71.ppc.rpm 


4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
f1365e029321b75af3ca90e52744d38e  SRPMS/procmail-3.21-0.71.src.rpm
22a996b9b7bb063ae97e0bd569be73f2  ppc/RPMS/procmail-3.21-0.71.ppc.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see 
http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml