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05/01/2001 Archived Entry: "Weekly Linux Security Digest - 2001/04/23 to 2001/04/29"

SecurityPortal - Weekly Linux Security Digest - 2001/04/23 to 2001/04/29
Another week of catch up. Various vendors have issued fixes for Netscape, Hylafax, nedit and gftp, among others. Kernel updates from several major vendors (such as Red Hat) are expected soon. Samba updates are still going strong. If your vendor hasn't issued one, you should ask them why. Kernel 2.4.4 is out. Expect vendors to start releasing new kernels based on it, since it fixes a slew of security bugs present in 2.4.3 (local root hack, denial of service, the IPTables FTP bug, and others). Nedit also has a flaw in the way it creates temporary files while printing, allowing a local user to gain root access. gftp also has a format string bug and should be upgraded as well.