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Date:	Fri, 12 Jun 1998 19:20:14 -0400
From:	"Alex K." <twiztah@ANARCHY.MAXHO.COM>
Subject:      SECURITY: new mailx packages now available
To:	BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG

/tmp races have been found in the mailx package. All users of Red
Hat Linux 4.2 and 5.x should upgrade to the new versions of mailx,
which are now available on ftp.redhat.com.

Red Hat 5.0 and 5.1
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i386:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/i386/mailx-8.1.1-1.i386.rpm

alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/5.0/alpha/mailx-8.1.1-1.alpha.rpm

Red Hat 4.2
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i386:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/i386/mailx-8.1.1-0.i386.rpm

alpha:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/alpha/mailx-8.1.1-0.alpha.rpm

SPARC:
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.redhat.com/updates/4.2/sparc/mailx-8.1.1-0.sparc.rpm