A squid security update is available
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-153
2005-02-22
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Product : Fedora Core 2
Name : squid
Version : 2.5.STABLE8
Release : 1.FC2.1
Summary : The Squid proxy caching server.
Description :
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for Web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects. Unlike traditional caching software, Squid handles all requests in a single, non-blocking, I/O-driven process. Squid keeps meta data and especially hot objects cached in RAM, caches DNS lookups, supports non-blocking DNS lookups, and implements negative caching of failed requests.
Squid consists of a main server program squid, a Domain Name System lookup program (dnsserver), a program for retrieving FTP data (ftpget), and some management and client tools.
A postgresql security update has been released for Fedora Core 2
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-158
2005-02-22
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Product : Fedora Core 2
Name : postgresql
Version : 7.4.7
Release : 3.FC2.1
Summary : PostgreSQL client programs and libraries.
Description :
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS) that supports almost all SQL constructs (including transactions, subselects and user-defined types and functions).
A postgresql security update has been released for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-157
2005-02-22
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : postgresql
Version : 7.4.7
Release : 3.FC3.1
Summary : PostgreSQL client programs and libraries.
Description :
PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system (DBMS) that supports almost all SQL constructs (including transactions, subselects and user-defined types and functions).
An openssh update has been released for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-155
2005-02-22
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : openssh
Version : 3.9p1
Release : 8.0.1
Summary : The OpenSSH implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2.
Description :
SSH (Secure SHell) is a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. SSH is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and to provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.
OpenSSH is OpenBSD's version of the last free version of SSH, bringing it up to date in terms of security and features, as well as removing all patented algorithms to separate libraries.
This package includes the core files necessary for both the OpenSSH client and server. To make this package useful, you should also install openssh-clients, openssh-server, or both.
A gaim security update is available for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-160
2005-02-21
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : gaim
Version : 1.1.3
Release : 1.FC3
Summary : A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client
Description :
Gaim allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols, including AIM (Oscar and TOC), ICQ, IRC, Yahoo!, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just add an account using the account editor.
Gaim supports many common features of other clients, as well as many unique features, such as perl scripting and C plugins.
Gaim is NOT affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, or Yahoo! Inc. or other messaging service providers.
A gaim security update is available for Fedora Core 2
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-159
2005-02-21
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Product : Fedora Core 2
Name : gaim
Version : 1.1.3
Release : 1.FC2
Summary : A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client
Description :
Gaim allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols, including AIM (Oscar and TOC), ICQ, IRC, Yahoo!, MSN Messenger, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just add an account using the account editor.
Gaim supports many common features of other clients, as well as many unique features, such as perl scripting and C plugins.
Gaim is NOT affiliated with or endorsed by America Online, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, or Yahoo! Inc. or other messaging service providers.
A pcmcia-cs security update is available for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-156
2005-02-21
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : pcmcia-cs
Version : 3.2.7
Release : 2.2
Summary : Utilities for handling PCMCIA devices
Description :
User-level daemon and utilities for using PCMCIA devices on Linux.
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An updated gamin package is available for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-151
2005-02-18
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : gamin
Version : 0.0.24
Release : 1.FC3
Summary : Library providing the FAM File Alteration Monitor API
Description :
This C library provides an API and ABI compatible file alteration monitor mechanism compatible with FAM but not dependent on a system wide daemon.
A policycoreutils update is available for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-129
2005-02-17
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : policycoreutils
Version : 1.18.1
Release : 2.9
Summary : SELinux policy core utilities.
Description :
Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux
kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security of the Flask operating system. These architectural components provide general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement
, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security.
policycoreutils contains the policy core utilities that are required for basic operation of a SELinux system. These utilities include load_policy to load policies, setfiles to label filesystems, newrole to switch roles, and run_init to run /etc/init.d scripts in the proper context.
An updated selinux-policy-targeted package has been released for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-130
2005-02-17
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : selinux-policy-targeted
Version : 1.17.30
Release : 2.80
Summary : SELinux targeted policy configuration
Description :
Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux
kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security of the Flask operating system. These architectural components provide general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement
, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security.
This package contains the SELinux example policy configuration along with the Flask configuration information and the application configuration files.
A kdeedu security update has been released for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-148
2005-02-17
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : kdeedu
Version : 3.3.1
Release : 2.3
Summary : Educational/Edutainment applications for KDE
Description :
Educational/Edutainment applications for KDE
A new kernel package is available for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-142
2005-02-15
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : kernel
Version : 2.6.10
Release : 1.766_FC3
Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.
A Kernel update is availble for Fedora Core 2
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-141
2005-02-15
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Product : Fedora Core 2
Name : kernel
Version : 2.6.10
Release : 1.14_FC2
Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.
A new xemacs package has been released for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-146
2005-02-14
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : xemacs
Version : 21.4.17
Release : 0.FC3
Summary : A different version of Emacs.
Description :
XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system. It is protected under the GNU Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open software development model, similar to Linux.
This package contains xemacs built for X Windows with MULE support.
A new xemacs package has been released for Fedora Core 2
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-145
2005-02-14
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Product : Fedora Core 2
Name : xemacs
Version : 21.4.17
Release : 0.FC2
Summary : A different version of Emacs.
Description :
XEmacs is a highly customizable open source text editor and application development system. It is protected under the GNU Public License and related to other versions of Emacs, in particular GNU Emacs. Its emphasis is on modern graphical user interface support and an open software development model, similar to Linux.
This package contains xemacs built for X Windows with MULE support.
An updated OpenOffice.org package has been released for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-144
2005-02-11
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : openoffice.org
Version : 1.1.3
Release : 5.5.0.fc3
Summary : OpenOffice.org comprehensive office suite.
Description :
OpenOffice.org is an Open Source, community-developed, multi-platform office productivity suite. It includes the key desktop applications, such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, formula editor and drawing program, with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. Sophisticated and flexible, OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including Microsoft Office.
Usage: Simply type "ooffice" to run OpenOffice.org or select the requested component (Writer, Calc, Draw, Impress, etc.) from your desktop menu. The ooffice wrapper script will install a few files in the user's home, if necessary.
The OpenOffice.org team hopes you enjoy working with OpenOffice.org!
Note: Non-.vor templates covered under the GPL license.
A mod_python security update is available for Fedora Core 3
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-140
2005-02-10
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Product : Fedora Core 3
Name : mod_python
Version : 3.1.3
Release : 5.2
Summary : An embedded Python interpreter for the Apache Web server.
Description :
Mod_python is a module that embeds the Python language interpreter within the server, allowing Apache handlers to be written in Python.
Mod_python brings together the versatility of Python and the power of the Apache Web server for a considerable boost in flexibility and performance over the traditional CGI approach.
A mod_python security update has been released for Fedora Core 2
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-139
2005-02-10
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Product : Fedora Core 2
Name : mod_python
Version : 3.1.3
Release : 1.fc2.2
Summary : An embedded Python interpreter for the Apache Web server.
Description :
Mod_python is a module that embeds the Python language interpreter within the server, allowing Apache handlers to be written in Python.
Mod_python brings together the versatility of Python and the power of the Apache Web server for a considerable boost in flexibility and performance over the traditional CGI approach.
A mailman security update is available for Fedora Core 2
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2005-131
2005-02-10
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Product : Fedora Core 2
Name : mailman
Version : 2.1.5
Release : 8.fc2
Summary : Mailing list manager with built in Web access.
Description :
Mailman is software to help manage email discussion lists, much like Majordomo and Smartmail. Unlike most similar products, Mailman gives each mailing list a webpage, and allows users to subscribe, unsubscribe, etc. over the Web. Even the list manager can administer his or her list entirely from the Web. Mailman also integrates most things people want to do with mailing lists, including archiving, mail news gateways, and so on.
Documentation can be found in: /usr/share/doc/mailman-2.1.5
