DESCRIPTION

The "rpc.statd" daemon in the "nfs-utils" package is susceptible to a format string attack by which a remote user could gain root access to the system.

SOLUTION

Download the following RPM packages to the NetWinder into a temporary directory, then install them with the command "rpm -Uvh *.rpm". Be sure there are no other files ending in ".rpm" in the temporary directory. See http://www.netwinder.org/security/install.html for more help.

Required packages

http://www.netwinder.org/updates/armv4l/nfs-utils-0.1.9.1-1.armv4l.rpm

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