<phorum snippet> Tue Mar 18 01:44:41 PST 2003 Slackware 9.0 is released... happy release day! bootdisks/*: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. (see below) kernels/*: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. (see below) a/kernel-ide-2.4.20-i486-5.tgz: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. (see below) ap/mysql-3.23.56-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to mysql-3.23.56. d/ccache-2.2-i386-1.tgz: Added ccache-2.2. d/kernel-headers-2.4.20-i386-5.tgz: Patched ptrace related headers. k/kernel-source-2.4.20-noarch-5.tgz: Patched kmod/ptrace hole. The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before 2.2.25, and 2.4.x before 2.4.20, allows local users to gain root privileges by using ptrace to attach to a child process that is spawned by the kernel. For additional information and references, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0127 (* Security fix *) <phorum snippet>
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Author: Buffet
Date: 03-18-03 22:31
Yep, it is finally out!
Re: Release
Author: wxcopy
Date: 03-18-03 23:25
It must be, ftp.slackware.com is toast, and none of the mirrors are
updated!
Awesome.
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Slackware Linux 8.1
Gnome 2.2
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they're the ones they're still the same."
--John Rzeznik
"Many of the things we cling to as truth,
mainly depend on our point of view."
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