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Red Hat Inc. Security Advisory: XFree86 3.3.5 available

“XFree86 3.3.5 has become available, which features a large
number of bug fixes, a greater number of supported video cards, and
security improvements.
Thanks go to Branden Robinson for
discovering a possible symlink attack in the xkb extension
initialization at server startup time.”


Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis:               XFree86 3.3.5 packages available
Advisory ID:            RHSA-1999:035-01
Issue date:             1999-09-07
Keywords:               xfree86 xterm xdm xinit xfs xinitrc xkb

1. Topic:

New XFree86 packages are available for Red Hat Linux 4.2, 5.2,
and 6.0 on all architectures. The XFree86 3.3.5 release fixes a
number of newly discovered security problems and provides new
drivers, as well as fixing a large number of outstanding bugs.

2. Bug IDs fixed (http://developer.redhat.com/bugzilla):

1141 1456 2446 2741 2772 2793 2985 3142 3198 3619 3678 3706 3734 3743
3753 3828 3895 3964 4087 4090 4353 4553 4672 4681

3. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Linux 4.x, 5.x, 6.0, all architectures

4. Obsoleted by:

5. Conflicts with:

Red Hat Linux 4.x/Sparc installs with the original X11R6
packages installed. Because the location of X has changed between
the X11R6 and the XFree86 packages, we recommend that you
completely remove the X11R6 package before attempting to install
this update.

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 6.0:
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Intel: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-8514-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-AGX-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-FBDev-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-I128-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-Mach32-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-Mach8-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-Mono-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-P9000-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-S3-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-S3V-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-VGA16-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-W32-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.6.0.i386.rpm

Alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-FBDev-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-Mono-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-P9000-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-S3-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-S3V-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-TGA-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.6.0.alpha.rpm

Sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-Sun-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-Sun24-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-SunMono-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-VGA16-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.6.0.sparc.rpm

Red Hat Linux 5.x:
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Intel: ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-8514-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-AGX-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-I128-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-Mach32-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-Mach8-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-Mono-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-P9000-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-S3-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-S3V-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-VGA16-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-W32-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.5.2.i386.rpm

Alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-Mono-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-P9000-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-S3-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-S3V-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-TGA-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.5.2.alpha.rpm

Sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-Sun-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-Sun24-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-SunMono-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-VGA16-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.5.2.sparc.rpm

Red Hat Linux 4.x:
——————-

Intel: ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-8514-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-AGX-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-I128-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-Mach32-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-Mach8-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-Mono-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-P9000-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-S3-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-S3V-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-VGA16-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-W32-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.4.2.i386.rpm

Alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/
ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-Mono-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-P9000-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-S3-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-S3V-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-TGA-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/alpha/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.4.2.alpha.rpm

Sparc: ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/sparc/
ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-Mach64-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-Sun-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-Sun24-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-SunMono-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-VGA16-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-Xnest-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-devel-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-doc-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-libs-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

ftp://updates.redhat/com/4.2/sparc/XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-0.4.2.sparc.rpm

7. Problem description:

XFree86 3.3.5 has become available, which features a large
number of bug fixes, a greater number of supported video cards, and
security improvements. Thanks go to Branden Robinson for
discovering a possible symlink attack in the xkb extension
initialization at server startup time.

A short summary of improvements in XFree86 3.3.4/3.3.5:

Support for S3 Savage4 and Savage3D on x86; Support for S3
Trio3D/2X; Mach64 server bugfixes; PS/2 Mouse problem fixes;
Rendition server fixes; Intel i740 support (donated by Precision
Insight); SiS 530 and SiS 620 support; 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee and
Voodoo3 support; Trident Blade3D, CyberBlade and Cyber9525 support;
S3 Trio3D support; Matrox G400 support; NVIDIA Riva TNT2 support
and better acceleration for all Riva chipsets (donated by NVIDIA);
Rewritten Cyrix MediaGX support (donated by Cyrix); Updates and new
hardware support (Acecad flair, Calcomp DrawingBoard) for xinput
extension; Bug fixed for cards with S3 Aurora64V+ (M65) chip (VGA
output should now work).

8. Solution:

Upgrade to the latest errata release of XFree86 for Red Hat
Linux on your particular platform. For each RPM for your particular
architecture, run:

rpm -Uvh

where filename is the name of the RPM. In some circumstances,
you may be required to add –force and/or –nodeps to the rpm
command line options to insure a proper upgrade. Add these options
if the command line given gives an error. You should upgrade at
least the core XFree86 package, the font server (xfs) package, the
libraries, and the server for your video card.

If you download all of the XFree86 updates into a directory and
then execute the command:

rpm -UvhF *.rpm

only the RPMs that you already have installed will be
upgraded.

More detailed instructions on installing XFree86 are available
from:


http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/XFree86-upgrade/XFree86-upgrade.html

9. Verification:

These packages are PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our
key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm –checksig

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:

rpm –checksig –nopgp

10. References:

News about the 3.3.5 release: http://www.xfree86.org/#news
Release notes for 3.3.5 and 3.3.4: http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.5/RELNOTES.html

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