LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Advisory Watch, September 1st, 2000 | Linux Today

LinuxSecurity.com: Linux Advisory Watch, September 1st, 2000

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 1, 2000

[ Thanks to Benjamin
D. Thomas
for this link. ]

“Linux Advisory Watch is a comprehensive newsletter that
outlines security vulnerabilities that have been announced
throughout the week. It includes pointers to updated packages and
descriptions of each vulnerability.”

“This week, advisories were released for xpdf, glibc, xchat,
netscape, ntop, mgetty, go-gnome, and usermode. The effected
distributions include Mandrake, TurboLinux, Debian, Conectiva, Red
Hat, and Caldera.
If you use any of these packages or
distributions, update your system immediately.”

“This was quite a busy week for FreeBSD. Advisories were
released for esound, mopd, netscape, xlockmore, and brouted
packages. A local DOS and Linux binary compatibility vulnerability
was also outlined.

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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