concerning the imlib/imlib2 vulnerability in mandrake 9.2...
 

Hello!
The mandrake 9.2 imlib/imlib2 vulnerability (viewable at : http://secunia.com/advisories/12483/) says that patches are available for download. How would one go about doing this? I tried 'urpmi --upgrade imlib' but nothing happened.

The link I referred to about also says:

Mandrakelinux 9.2:
de030104e6dd6bb5c4aa2f076c4514c6 9.2/RPMS/imlib-1.9.14-8.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
fd99bd742d696ea8ac43aef9ee86d25e 9.2/RPMS/imlib-cfgeditor-1.9.14-8.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
b1ef54878da62d2e5a69bdf305c574c5 9.2/RPMS/libimlib1-1.9.14-8.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
08a13f893c88051cbc66c685d8cd635d 9.2/RPMS/libimlib1-devel-1.9.14-8.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
2e4efaa54b9929fbf2e0e390907b9225 9.2/RPMS/libimlib2_1-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
525c7dc281fb0da4edf99cb3ce7d2545 9.2/RPMS/libimlib2_1-devel-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
cc2460b560c5b11eeb804502954aa038 9.2/RPMS/libimlib2_1-filters-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
e80a879d5da05b68ef5d9cad932ba921 9.2/RPMS/libimlib2_1-loaders-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
7dd8f9265ede345c58d05ae6ed376145 9.2/SRPMS/imlib-1.9.14-8.1.92mdk.src.rpm
0766a9aead77eec5cec8ebbc06504003 9.2/SRPMS/imlib2-1.0.6-4.1.92mdk.src.rpm

But I have no idea what this means.

Can anyone help?

thanks in advance,
doug.

You should probably read the article on the Mandrake site.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security...MDKSA-2004:089
They suggest using the update facility in rpmdrake.

Hello!
On the page you gave me, they recommend using MadrakeUpdate. However, since when I type 'MadrakeUpdate' at the command line as either root or a user, the command is not found. When I attempt to urmpi MadrakeUpdate, I get this response:

[root@localhost doug]# urpmi MandrakeUpdate
Some package requested cannot be installed:
MandrakeUpdateRobot-1.2-2mdk.i586 (due to unsatisfied librpmio-4.0.4.so) (Y/n)

I type 'y' but nothing happens. I guess this means I have to start a new MandrakeUpdate thread... 1 step forward and 2 steps back!

doug

OK, the update facility is in the Mandrake control centre, under software management.
start menu -> system -> configuration -> configure your computer.
Enter root password and MCC starts. Go to software management and click on the update link.
You'll be able to follow through logically from there.

Hello!
Oddly enough, when I click on start menu -> system -> configuration, the only choice available is -> other -> LocaleDrake, for some reason. Is there no other way to start MandrakeUpdate, apart from the menu?

doug