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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 *)
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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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