Red Hat Essential and Critical Security Patch Updates
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Updated samba packages that fix an integer overflow vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
Updated vim packages that fix a modeline vulnerability are now available.
Updated fam packages that fix an information disclosure bug are now available.
An updated mc package that resolves several shell escape security issues is now available.
Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are now available.
An updated Adobe Acrobat Reader package that fixes a security issue is now available.
An updated SquirrelMail package that fixes a cross-site scripting vulnerability is now available.
Updated php packages that fix various security issues and bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
Updated samba packages that fix an integer overflow vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
SGI reported that the statd daemon did not properly handle the SIGPIPE signal. A misconfigured or malicious peer could cause statd to crash, leading to a denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1014 to this issue.
Trustix has identified improper temporary file usage in the make_oidjoins_check script. It is possible that an attacker could overwrite arbitrary file contents as the user running the make_oidjoins_check script. This script has been removed from the RPM file since it has no use to ordinary users. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0977 to this issue.
Updated XFree86 packages that fix several security flaws in libXpm are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1.
Updated gd packages that fix security issues with overflow in various memory allocation calls are now available.
An updated libxml package that fixes multiple buffer overflows is now available.
Updated samba packages that fix an integer overflow vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
An updated zip package that fixes a buffer overflow vulnerability is now available.
An updated ruby package that fixes a denial of service issue for the CGI instance is now available.
Updated kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update.
Updated Itanium kernel packages are now available as part of ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1. This is the sixth regular update.