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Current Version: 69	Published: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:10:29 GMT


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Title: RHSA-2005:802 - Xloadimage Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 3.0
Severity: Low
Fixlet ID: 200580201
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-802.html

Fixlet Description: A new xloadimage package that fixes bugs in handling malformed tiff and pbm/pnm/ppm images, and in handling metacharacters in file names is now available.All users of xloadimage should upgrade to this erratum package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

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Title: RHSA-2005:793 - Netpbm Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Moderate
Fixlet ID: 200579301
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-793.html

Fixlet Description: Updated netpbm packages that fix a security issue that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code are now available.All users of netpbm should upgrade to the updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

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Title: RHSA-2005:802 - Xloadimage Security Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: Low
Fixlet ID: 200580203
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-802.html

Fixlet Description: A new xloadimage package that fixes bugs in handling malformed tiff and pbm/pnm/ppm images, and in handling metacharacters in file names is now available.All users of xloadimage should upgrade to this erratum package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:302 - Java-1.4.2-Ibm Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200530201
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-302.html

Fixlet Description: Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix packaging issues are now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. All users of java-1.4.2-ibm should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:309 - Shadow-Utils Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200530901
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-309.html

Fixlet Description: An updated shadow-utils package is now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of the issues it addresses.All users of shadow-utils should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:333 - Logrotate Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200533301
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-333.html

Fixlet Description: An updated logrotate package that addresses various bugs is now available. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. All users of logrotate should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:341 - Am-Utils Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200534101
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-341.html

Fixlet Description: An updated am-utils package that removes possible mtab corruption is now available.The am-utils package includes Amd, the BSD automounter, as well as support tools.         This release should fix most problems in which only a few competing mounts are run at once. If your automounters carry out tens or hundreds of mounts, the problem may persist. To resolve a persistent problem, update the util-linux package, which includes the /bin/mount program.All users of am-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:356 - Man-Pages Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200535601
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-356.html

Fixlet Description: An updated man-pages package is now available.Man-pages is a package that provides man (manual) pages from the Linux Documentation Project.This update fixes several contradictions in manual pages.All users of man-pages should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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Title: RHBA-2005:359 - Dump Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200535901
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-359.html

Fixlet Description: Updated dump packages that include various bug fixes and enhancements are now available.The updated dump package now includes support for EA/ACL, in-inode EAs, and big inodes.The updated dump package also contains fixes for negative size issues with the -s and -d options.Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which include these enhancements and resolve these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:367 - Gnome-Desktop Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200536701
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-367.html

Fixlet Description: Updated gnome-desktop packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 are now available.The gnome-desktop package contains an internal library (libgnomedesktop) used to implement some portions of the GNOME desktop as well as data files and other shared components of the GNOME user environment.This update removes or replaces some icons.All users of gnome-desktop should upgrade to these updated packages.

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Title: RHBA-2005:380 - Tar Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200538001
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-380.html

Fixlet Description: An updated tar package that fixes various bugs is now available.The following issues have been addressed:- The tar utility did not extract sparse files properly when sending output somewhere other than a plain file, e.g., to /dev/null, or to a pipe. - The tar utility incorrectly handled files with long names. - The tar utility produced incorrect (higher) total estimates. Please see the errata page for detailed information about each of these issues. Users of tar should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves theseissues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:382 - Logwatch Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200538201
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-382.html

Fixlet Description: An updated logwatch package is now available.A bug was found in the logwatch zz-disk_space module. Previously, mounting a file system with a device name longer than 20 characters resulted in logwatch output that contained no information about the file system.Users of logwatch should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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Title: RHBA-2005:388 - Udev Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200538801
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-388.html

Fixlet Description: An updated udev package is now available.The udev package is an implementation of devfs in userspace using sysfs and /sbin/hotplug. It requires a 2.6 kernel to run properly.Previously, udev failed to create the "msr" and "cpu" devices under the /dev/cpu/[0-9] directory.Users of udev should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:400 - Ksh Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200540001
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-400.html

Fixlet Description: An updated ksh package that includes AT'T's KornShell is now available.  This package contains the most recent version of the AT'T KornShell (ksh).  It fixes a SIGHUP propagation bug that could leave orphaned processes spinning on a CPU.       All users of ksh should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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Title: RHBA-2005:409 - Urw-Fonts Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200540901
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-409.html

Fixlet Description: An updated urw-fonts package that fixes a descender/ascender bug in NimbusMonL is now available.This updated package fixes a descender/ascender bug in NimbusMonL, which caused the size and space between letters to look disproportionate.All users of urw-fonts should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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Title: RHBA-2005:424 - Rdist Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200542401
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-424.html

Fixlet Description: An updated rdist package that fixes the calculation for disk space and number of files for very large file systems is now available.This update fixes the calculation and use of the free disk space and free number of files on very large file systems. System with less than 4 TB of free disk space are not affected by this bug.All users of rdist with very large file systems should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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Title: RHBA-2005:496 - Dmraid Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200549601
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-496.html

Fixlet Description: Updated dmraid packages that fix RAID1 set sizing and RAID0 stripe sizingbugs are now available.This updated package fixes the RAID set sizing logic; certain Highpoint and Promise RAID1 sets are now sized correctly. This update also fixes the stripe sizing logic of NVidia RAID0 sets.All users of dmraid should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:500 - Xorg-X11 Bug Fix and Enhancement Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200550001
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-500.html

Fixlet Description: Updated xorg-x11 packages that fix various bugs and add support forthe new audit system are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.New features in this release include - Support for xdm for the new audit system is now available.- The X server supports i915 and i945 chipsets.- The X server now recognizes ATI ES1000 cards.Bugs fixed in this release:- An issue with the X server's module loading system which could   lead to cache incoherency on the Itanium architecture.- The X server's PCI config space accesses could cause contention   with the kernel if accesses occurred while the kernel lock was held.- The keyboard mappings were incorrect for certain keys on Dutch   keyboards.- DRI is now enabled by default on all ATI Radeon hardware with the   exception of ATI Radeon 7000/VE, which still has DRI-related   issues for some users.- A race condition when changing framebuffer address on ATI Radeon 7000 cards.- A memory leak in the shadow framebuffer codeUsers should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:509 - Setup Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200550901
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-509.html

Fixlet Description: An updated setup package that fixes a bug during the setting of limits on core dump sizes is now available.In prior releases, bash set core dump sizes to zero by default, while csh and tcsh set the limit to unlimited. This has been corrected, and tcsh and csh now also set the size to zero by default.All users of setup should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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Title: RHBA-2005:511 - Sysvinit Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200551101
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-511.html

Fixlet Description: An updated SysVinit package that fixes various bugs is now available.The following issues have been addressed:The 'pidof -x' command did not work correctly when identifying commands that used script interpreters, such as python.The pidof utility would attempt to call stat on /proc/&lt;pid&gt;/exe,which would hang on a stuck NFS server, causing a hang on shutdown.All users of SysVinit should upgrade to this updated package, whichresolves these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:534 - Kernel-Utils Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200553401
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-534.html

Fixlet Description: An updated kernel-utils package that fixes various bugs is now available.This updated kernel-utils package addresses the following issues:cpu speed improvements:- Improved SMP/Dual-core support.- Lowered default idle sampling time to 20s instead of 2s, which will prevent excessive CPU frequency switching.Several problems with the microcode_ctl utility were fixed.All users of kernel-utils should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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Title: RHBA-2005:538 - Pdksh Bug Fix Update - Red Hat Enterprise 4.0
Severity: <N/A>
Fixlet ID: 200553801
Fixlet Link: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2005-538.html

Fixlet Description: An updated pdksh package is now available.This update addresses the following issues: 1) Emacs and gmacs modes in pdksh did not display the typed in commands when the command prompt was set to a very long string.2) Pdksh waited for tty input in non-interactive scripts and used all vailable CPU time while waiting.3) pdksh segfaults or prints corrupted script names (i.e. when printing error messages).Users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.