Mandriva Update For Initscripts MDVA-2008:116 (initscripts) Network Vulnerability

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Insight

This update of the drakx-net and initscripts packages improves wireless strength detection and fixes connection with rt61 devices (using the rt61pci driver). Such connections used to fail when the wpa_supplicant daemon was used. This update makes the network tools force a reassociation when the rt61pci driver is used.

Affected

initscripts on Mandriva Linux 2008.1, Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64

Severity

Classification

CVSS	Base Score: 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Mandriva Update for initscripts MDVA-2008:116 (initscripts)

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