Advisory: Fedora Essential and Critical Security Patch Updates
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Fedora: tetex-2.0.2-21.2 update
The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.
Fedora: tetex-2.0.2-14FC2.1 update
The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.
Fedora: man-pages-ja-20041215-1.FC2.0 update
ixed wrong filename for in.rlogind.8 man pages. prefer GNU fileutils's chown(1) rather than gnumaniak's.
Fedora: man-pages-ja-20041215-1.FC3.0 update
prefer GNU fileutils's chown(1) rather than gnumaniak's. (#142077)
Fedora: exim-4.43-1.FC2.1 update
This erratum fixes two relatively minor security issues which were discovered in Exim in the last few weeks. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2005-0021 and CAN-2005-0022 to these, respectively.
Fedora: exim-4.43-1.FC3.1 update
This erratum fixes two relatively minor security issues which were discovered in Exim in the last few weeks. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2005-0021 and CAN-2005-0022 to these, respectively.
Fedora: system-config-samba-1.2.23-0.fc3.1 update 2005-583
Unfortunately there have slipped in some bugs in this release which were detected after the sign and push request went out. The bugs in question prevent proper configuring of global preferences.
Fedora: system-config-services-0.8.17-0.fc3.1 update 2005-593
throw away stderr to not be confused by error messages (#142983). don't hardcode python 2.3 (#142246). remove some cruft from configure.in.
Fedora: sane-backends-1.0.15-1.4 update
This is version 1.0.15 of the sane-backends scanner drivers. This package also resolves the issues concerning device permissions for USB scanners which are always connected.
Fedora: mysql-3.23.58-14 update
work around SELinux restriction that breaks mysql_install_db (bug #141062). Add a restorecon to keep the mysql.log file in the right context (bz#143887). Fix init script to not need a valid username for startup check (bz#142328). Don't assume /etc/my.cnf will specify pid-file (bz#143724)
Fedora: tetex-2.0.2-21.2 update 2004-585
The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.
Fedora: tetex-2.0.2-14FC2.1 update 2004-584
The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.
Fedora: pcmcia-cs-3.2.7-2.1 update
This update fixes bug #135508, silencing a warning message on cardmgr startup.
Fedora: pcmcia-cs-3.2.7-1.8.2.2 update
This update fixes bug #135508, silencing a warning message on cardmgr startup.
Fedora: kernel-2.6.9-1.11_FC2 update
A large change over previous kernels has been made. The 4G:4G memory split patch has been dropped, and Fedora kernels now revert back to the upstream 3G:1G kernel/userspace split.
Fedora: kernel-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 update
A large change over previous kernels has been made. The 4G:4G memory split patch has been dropped, and Fedora kernels now revert back to the upstream 3G:1G kernel/userspace split.
