-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Security problems have been found in svgalib and zgv. Fixes are now availble for Red Hat 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2. We recommend all users upgrade to these new releases. svgalib is only supported on the i386 platform; this issue does not affect users of Alpha and SPARC machines. Red Hat would like to thank the users of the BUGTRAQ security list for identifying the problem and Kevin Vajk for providing a fix. Users of Red Hat Linux are recommended to upgrade to the new packages available under the updates directory on our ftp site: * Red Hat Linux 4.2: ==================== i386: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/svgalib-1.2.13-0.1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/svgalib-devel-1.2.13-0.1.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/i386/zgv-3.0-0.4.2.i386.rpm source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/svgalib-1.2.13-0.1.src.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/4.2/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-0.4.2.src.rpm * Red Hat Linux 5.0: ==================== i386: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/i386/svgalib-1.2.13-6.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/i386/svgalib-devel-1.2.13-6.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/i386/zgv-3.0-0.5.0.i386.rpm source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/SRPMS/svgalib-1.2.13-6.src.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.0/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-0.5.0.src.rpm * Red Hat Linux 5.1: ==================== i386: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/i386/svgalib-1.2.13-6.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/i386/svgalib-devel-1.2.13-6.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/i386/zgv-3.0-4.1.i386.rpm source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/SRPMS/svgalib-1.2.13-6.src.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.1/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-4.1.src.rpm * Red Hat Linux 5.2: ==================== i386: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/svgalib-1.3.0-3.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/svgalib-devel-1.3.0-3.i386.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/zgv-3.0-6.i386.rpm source: rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/svgalib-1.3.0-3.src.rpm rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/zgv-3.0-6.src.rpm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNkHcqvGvxKXU9NkBAQGEGgQAjETbJsa48hk9Kh8pC2uMVA3MRpqAbrI+ ozATQBu1KwBxnXhXRB5RfAAao6Q2h5ZteICegsl+tSFp0I4BC2B7Le8iSPYF2YWZ lexepB18FZAR7vgq618s5afglK+wA+IDVLHn+xcUldtREWeDKDBsnjEH7LTnJ7Mw RD3eTvIKjuQ= =W5VB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
SECURITY: New zgv and svgalib packages available
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