This week, advisories were released for Apache, fetchmail,
xinetd, gnupg, rxvt, kdelibs, exim, ispell, webmin, and w3m. The
vendors include Conectiva, Debian, Immunix, Mandrake, Red Hat, and
TurboLinux. There are many buffer overflow type vulnerabilites this
week. Keeping the most current packages installed is a good way to
reduce the risk of being vulnerable.
Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that
outlinesthe security vulnerabilities that have been announced
throughout the week.It includes pointers to updated packages and
descriptions of each vulnerability.