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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:16:37 +1200 From: John Jenkins mrgoblin@dunedin.lug.net.nz To: mrgoblin@dunedin.lug.net.nz Subject: Slackware Changelog Notice!!
Slackware-current ChangeLog Notice.
The following additions have been made to The ChangeLog.txt
------------------------------------------------------------------- New Entry: Tue Mar 18 01:44:41 PST 2003 New Entry: Slackware 9.0 is released... happy release day! New Entry: bootdisks/*: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. (see below) New Entry: kernels/*: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. (see below) New Entry: a/kernel-ide-2.4.20-i486-5.tgz: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. (see below) New Entry: ap/mysql-3.23.56-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to mysql-3.23.56. New Entry: d/ccache-2.2-i386-1.tgz: Added ccache-2.2. New Entry: d/kernel-headers-2.4.20-i386-5.tgz: Patched ptrace related headers. New Entry: k/kernel-source-2.4.20-noarch-5.tgz: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. New Entry: The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before 2.2.25, and 2.4.x New Entry: before 2.4.20, allows local users to gain root privileges by using ptrace New Entry: to attach to a child process that is spawned by the kernel. New Entry: For additional information and references, see: New Entry: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0127 New Entry: (* Security fix *) New Entry: +--------------------------+ New Entry: Mon Mar 17 10:47:33 PST 2003 New Entry: Slackware 9.0 is (almost) released... happy Saint Patrick's Day! :-) New Entry: extra/kernel-modules-2.4.20_xfs/kernel-modules-2.4.20_xfs-i486-6.tgz: New Entry: Reverted to the stock ac97_codec/emu10k1 modules, as the ones from CVS New Entry: have problems compiling for the 2.4.20-xfs kernel version and won't load. New Entry: a/kernel-modules-2.4.20-i486-7.tgz: Updated to the ac97_codec and emu10k1 New Entry: drivers from CVS (this should support the Audigy cards). Source for these New Entry: can be found in source/a/kernel-modules/. New Entry: gnome/gnomeicu-0.99-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to gnomeicu-0.99. New Entry: (suggested by Tobias Svensson) New Entry: +--------------------------+
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