[RedHat-Announcements] BES Auto Notification: New Fixlets Published in Fixlet Site: PatchesforRedHatEnterpriseLinux

Wed Dec 21 02:15:30 PST 2005

Fixlet Site - PatchesforRedHatEnterpriseLinux
Current Version: 92	Published: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:19:51 GMT

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Title: RHSA-2005:843 - Netpbm Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 3.0
Severity: Moderate
Fixlet ID: 200584301
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-843.html

Fixlet Description:  Updated netpbm packages that fix two security issues are now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. All users of netpbm should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that resolve these issues.  

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Title: RHSA-2005:878 - CUPS Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 3.0
Severity: Important
Fixlet ID: 200587801
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-878.html

Fixlet Description:  Updated CUPS packages that fix multiple security issues are now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. All users of CUPS should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues.  

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Title: RHSA-2005:881 - Perl Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 3.0
Severity: Moderate
Fixlet ID: 200588101
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html

Fixlet Description:  Updated Perl packages that fix various security issues and bugs are now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. Users of Perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues as well as fixes for several bugs.  

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Title: RHSA-2005:864 - Udev Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Important
Fixlet ID: 200586401
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-864.html

Fixlet Description:  Updated udev packages that fix a file permissions security issue are now available. All users of udev should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.  

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Title: RHSA-2005:867 - Gpdf Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Important
Fixlet ID: 200586701
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-867.html

Fixlet Description:  An updated gpdf package that fixes several security issues is now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. Users of gpdf should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve these issues.  

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Title: RHSA-2005:868 - Kdegraphics Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Important
Fixlet ID: 200586801
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-868.html

Fixlet Description:  Updated kdegraphics packages that resolve several security issues in kpdf are now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. Users of kpdf should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve these issues.  

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Title: RHSA-2005:875 - cURL Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Moderate
Fixlet ID: 200587501
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-875.html

Fixlet Description:  Updated curl packages that fix an arbitrary code execution security issue are now available.All users of curl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch that resolves this issue.  

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Title: RHSA-2005:878 - CUPS Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Important
Fixlet ID: 200587803
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-878.html

Fixlet Description:    Updated CUPS packages that fix multiple security issues are now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. All users of CUPS should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. 

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Title: RHSA-2005:880 - Perl Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Moderate
Fixlet ID: 200588001
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-880.html

Fixlet Description:    Updated Perl packages that fix various security issues and bugs are now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. Users of Perl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues as well as fixes for several bugs.  

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Title: RHBA-2005:871 - Rhr2 Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 (AS)
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200587101
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-871.html

Fixlet Description:  An updated rhr2 package is now available that fixes various bugs, adds new versions of the NETWORK, STORAGE, CORE, and MEMORY tests, simplifies the server portion of the NETWORK test, and introduces a new 'hwtest' run script. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. All rhr2 users should upgrade to this updated package, which includes all of the above bugfixes and features.  

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Title: RHBA-2005:871 - Dependencies Needed - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 (AS)
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200587103
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-871.html

Fixlet Description: An updated rhr2 package is now available that fixes various bugs, adds new versions of the NETWORK, STORAGE, CORE, and MEMORY tests, simplifies the server portion of the NETWORK test, and introduces a new 'hwtest' run script. However, this update requires the packages "dt", "lmbench", and "ltp" to be installed. You must install these packages in order for this bug fix to become relevant.

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Title: RHEA-2005:872 - Dt Enhancement Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 (AS)
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200587201
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2005-872.html

Fixlet Description:  A new dt (data test) package is now available. The dt (Disk Test) package contains a generic data test program used to verify proper operation of peripherals and for obtaining performance information. Users of the Red Hat Hardware Certification packages should install this new package. 

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Title: RHEA-2005:873 - Ltp Enhancement Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 (AS)
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200587301
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2005-873.html

Fixlet Description:  A new Linux Test Project (ltp) package is now available. The ltp package offers a collection of tools for testing the Linux kernel and related features.Users of the Red Hat Hardware Certification packages should install this new package.  

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Title: RHEA-2005:873 - Dependencies Needed - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 (AS)
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200587303
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2005-873.html

Fixlet Description: A new Linux Test Project (ltp) package is now available. However, this update requires the packages "perl", "rsh", "rsh-server", "sysstat", "nfs-utils", and "expect" to be installed. Also, you must have the following perl modules installed: CGI, File::Find, File::Stat, Net::FTP, POSIX, strict, Text::Wrap, and LWP::Simple. You must install these packages in order for this enhancement to become relevant.

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Title: RHEA-2005:874 - Lmbench Enhancement Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 (AS)
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200587401
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2005-874.html

Fixlet Description:  A new suite of system benchmarking tools, lmbench, is now available. lmbench is a series of micro benchmarks intended to measure basic operating system and hardware system metrics. Users who require system benchmarking tools may install this newly created package, which adds this enhancement.  

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Title: RHEA-2005:874 - Dependencies Needed - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0 (AS)
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200587403
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2005-874.html

Fixlet Description: A new suite of system benchmarking tools, lmbench, is now available. However, this update requires the package "perl" to be installed. You must install this package in order for this enhancement to become relevant.