“This week, advisories were released for MySQL, bind, kdesu,
glibc, openssh, ident, periodic, sort, micq, tinyproxy, exmh2,
xemacs, inetd, and LPRng. The vendors include Conectiva, Caldera,
Debian, Immunix, FreeBSD, Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE, Slackware, and
Trustix.”
“Security is an Interactive Sport: Lessons learned from Ramen –
This article outlines the importance of monitoring vendor
advisories and applying appropriate software patches when
necessary. It uses the Ramen epidemic as an example showing the
possible effects of poor system administration.”
“Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that
outlines the security vulnerabilities that have been announced
throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and
descriptions of each vulnerability.”