URGENT MESSAGE FOR RED HAT USERS

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

Apparently the SSL certificate used by the up2date program is expiring Real 
Soon Now.  No matter what release you are using.  If you do not get the new 
certificate, or update to an up2date that has the certificate, you will not 
be able to run up2date.

Here is the email I got from them:

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Subject: [RHSA-2003:267-01] New up2date available with updated SSL 
certificate authority file
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:39 -0400
From: bugzilla at redhat.com
To: redhat-watch-list at redhat.com, bugtraq at securityfocus.com,   
full-disclosure at lists.netsys.com

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          New up2date available with updated SSL certificate
 authority file Advisory ID:       RHSA-2003:267-01
Issue date:        2003-08-29
Updated on:        2003-08-29
Product:           Red Hat Linux
Keywords:          up2date Red Hat Network rhn_register
Cross references:
Obsoletes:
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1. Topic:

New versions of the up2date and rhn_register clients are available and
are required for continued access to Red Hat Network.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386
Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, ia64
Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386
Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386
Red Hat Linux 9 - i386

3. Problem description:

The rhn_register and up2date packages contain the software necessary to
take advantage of Red Hat Network functionality.

This erratum includes an updated RHNS-CA-CERT file, which contains a new CA
certificate.  This new certificate is needed so that up2date can continue
to communicate with Red Hat Network after 28 August 2003.  Without this
updated certificate, users will see SSL Connection Errors reported by
up2date or rhn_register.

All users must upgrade to these erratum packages in order to continue to
use Red Hat Network.  This includes both interactive use of up2date, as
well as actions scheduled by the RHN website.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.  Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated.  Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated.  Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the desired RPMs.

Because the previous Certificate Authority has expired, up2date will
present 'SSL Certificate Errors' if you attempt to use it to apply this
errata.  Therefore, this update cannot be applied directly with up2date and
 instead must be applied as indicated above.

In addition to the Red Hat FTP site, the latest versions of up2date and
rhn_register are also available at

    https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt

For users who would prefer to install the new certificate directly, it is
available at:

    https://rhn.redhat.com/help/ssl_cert.pxt

5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm

ia64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.src.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm



6. Verification:

MD5 sum                          Package Name
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 b67ea5065c3115d523e17561aac5cb7c
 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.src.rpm
 71f2f6e4bfcdee8f4f46ef037c7a1c8d
 7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm
 2205d1e5832dbb67d60103104eb59fec
 7.1/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-1.7.1.i386.rpm
 3deea256b106e71ee6d5890639d872b3
 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.src.rpm
 21bc8e1f03e9f28590d46df60a9458b5
 7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm
 3d3d7c6dca73d521a0f541b859f13eb3
 7.2/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.i386.rpm
 ac5161a5bbe122896eccbc312bef9273
 7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm
 c789fbf88d7faf82504eb4189b767f90
 7.2/en/os/ia64/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-2.7.2.ia64.rpm
 23d8868920cb7df21925669f04fb2ad2
 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.src.rpm
 3643d7774d7e60a1aeb79c8fecbf624c
 7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm
 89977334ec0d3a2a720c3303602fc8dd
 7.3/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-2.8.40-3.7.3.i386.rpm
 17ad92db4579d046d84c84a16784ba98 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.src.rpm
 15bc5dc918916bca3a5c29148979716e 8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm
 1ae89cf79880f3bc5de7b86eb1d47a2b
 8.0/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.0.7.2-1.i386.rpm
 b8a5b2d548869a846cbaf373f3637555 9/en/os/SRPMS/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.src.rpm
 3faabcb9cc610627fe378b88d0b2b928 9/en/os/i386/up2date-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm
 733d0aca17c15af0b1fa709ba86337dc
 9/en/os/i386/up2date-gnome-3.1.23.2-1.i386.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key is
available from https://www.redhat.com/security/keys.html

You can verify each package with the following command:

    rpm --checksig -v <filename>

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:

    md5sum <filename>

7. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html

Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc.
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