[Cucumber-linux-security] shadow (security update is available)

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  Update Information

A security update is available for shadow for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

+----------------+
Fri Aug 4 09:50:08 EDT 2017
base/shadow rebuilt (build 3) to fix CVE-2017-12424, a buffer overflow vulnera-
	bility that could result in crashes and other unspecified impacts,
	possibly including privilege escalation. For more information see:
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12424
		https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/954e3d2e7113e9ac06632aee3c69b8d818cc8952
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure shadow is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
at the following location:

Cucumber 1.0 i686:
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/cucumber-i686/base/shadow-4.2.1-i686-3.txz

Cucumber 1.0 x86_64:
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/cucumber-x86_64/base/shadow-4.2.1-x86_64-3.txz

To upgrade the package manually, download the new package and run the
following command (as root):

# upgradepkg shadow-4.2.1-i686-3.txz


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