Problem Description:

Ethan Benson discovered a bug in rsync where the supplementary groups  that the rsync daemon runs as (such as root) would not be removed
from the server process after changing to the specified unprivileged uid and gid.  This seems only serious if rsync is called using "rsync
--daemon" from the command line where it will inherit the group of the  user starting the server (usually root).  Note that, by default,
Mandrake Linux uses xinetd to handle connections to the rsync daemon.  This was fixed upstream in version 2.5.3, as well as the previously
noted zlib fixes (see MDKSA-2002:023).  The authors released 2.5.4 with some additional zlib fixes, and all users are encouraged to upgrade to this new version of rsync.

Updated Packages:

Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
fdfd74524914606306ab5717b696e030  7.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
34a71b565a7413ecb4efe48acb4df65f  7.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
7eda7d7a7df5bf088a64990bf5c4d70d  7.2/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  7.2/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.0:
914f020aa62c9ce6fdd61dfce245fc1c  8.0/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  8.0/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.0/ppc:
c9c5275126721f7aa38f6a4e09742ce9  ppc/8.0/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.1:
e3733dc91021b997e656fafe86915fe9  8.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  8.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 1.0.1:
fdfd74524914606306ab5717b696e030  1.0.1/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.i586.rpm
34a71b565a7413ecb4efe48acb4df65f  1.0.1/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.2mdk.src.rpm

Single Network Firewall 7.2:
7eda7d7a7df5bf088a64990bf5c4d70d  snf7.2/RPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
f425baa9b832265d6a199bd4409a28db  snf7.2/SRPMS/rsync-2.5.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate.  The verification of md5
checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one
of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm".  A list of
FTP mirrors can be obtained from:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of
the downloaded package.  You can do this with the command:
rpm --checksig

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:
https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to.  Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security@linux-mandrake.com