SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 Live CDs/DVD are available for download
A libtiff update has been released for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: libtiff Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:038 Date: Friday, Oct 22nd 2004 18:00 MEST Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Vulnerability Type: local privilege escalation Severity (1-10): 9 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0803 CAN-2004-0804 CAN-2004-0886 CAN-2004-0929 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - several buffer overflows and related problems in libtiff were fixed. problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - security problems in PDF viewers - freeradius denial of service problems - mpg123 buffer overflow 6) standard appendix (further information)
A new kernel security update has been released for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: kernel Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:037 Date: Wednesday, Oct 20th 2004 18:00 MEST Affected products: 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Vulnerability Type: remote denial of service Severity (1-10): 9 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0816 CAN-2004-0887 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - remote system crash with enabled firewall - local root exploit on the S/390 platform - minor /proc information leaks problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - libtiff - cyrus-sasl - php4 - zinf
Novell said today that its new Open Enterprise Server product will ship in February 2005, about two months later than the company had announced in March.
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OSNews reports that Novell's web site carries some docs and shots for the upcoming Novell Linux Desktop
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SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 will be released next month
An updated Mozilla package is available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: mozilla Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:036 Date: Wednesday, Oct 6th 14:36:39 MEST 2004 Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Vulnerability Type: various vulnerabilities Severity (1-10): 5 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: http://www.mozilla.org/security/ Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - various vulnerabilities problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - openmotif 6) standard appendix (further information)
Updated Samba packages are available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: samba Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:035 Date: Tuesday, Oct 5th 2004 16:53:01 MEST Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Vulnerability Type: remote file disclosure Severity (1-10): 6 SUSE default package: Yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0815 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - Samba file access problem problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - opera - kernel - mozilla 6) standard appendix (further information)
LinuxBeta.com has posted a screenshot slideshow of Novell SUSE LINUX 9.1
Updated XFree86 packages are available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: XFree86-libs, xshared Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:034 Date: Friday, Sep 17th 2004 14:23 MEST Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 remote command execution Severity (1-10): 9 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0687 CAN-2004-0688 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - stack-based buffer overflow - integer overflow problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - samba - a2ps - mozilla - mc - squid - gaim - nessus - konqueror 6) standard appendix (further information)
Updated gtk2/gdk-pixbuf packages are available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: gtk2, gdk-pixbuf Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:033 Date: Wednesday, Sep 17th 2004 12:00 MEST Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Vulnerability Type: remote code execution Severity (1-10): 9 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0782 CAN-2004-0783 CAN-2004-0788 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - heap based overflow - stack based overflow - integer overflow 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - mozilla - mc - squid - gaim - nessus 6) standard appendix (further information)
An updated Apache2 package is available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: apache2 Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:032 Date: Wednesday, Sep 15th 2004 16:00 MEST Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Vulnerability Type: remote denial-of-service Severity (1-10): 5 SUSE default package: no Cross References: CAN-2004-0747 CAN-2004-0786 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - remote denial-of-service - local buffer overflow problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - samba - a2ps - mozilla - mc - squid - gtk2 - gaim - nessus 6) standard appendix (further information)
Updated cups packages are available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: cups Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:031 Date: Wednesday, Sep 15th, 15:30:00 MEST 2004 Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 SUSE Linux Desktop 1.0 Vulnerability Type: remote code execution Severity (1-10): 6 SUSE default package: Yes. Cross References: CAN-2004-0801 CAN-2004-0558 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - remote command execution and remote DoS in CUPS problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - squid - OpenOffice - mozilla - mpg123 - ImageMagick 6) standard appendix (further information)
An Apache2 update is available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: apache2 Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:030 Date: Monday, Sept 6th 15:00:00 MEST 2004 Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Vulnerability Type: remote DoS condition Severity (1-10): 4 SUSE default package: No Cross References: CAN-2004-0748 CAN-2004-0751 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - Remote DoS condition in mod_ssl problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - mysql - mozilla 6) standard appendix (further information)
A zlib update is available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: zlib Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:029 Date: Thursday, Sep 2nd 2004 17:30:00 MEST Affected products: 9.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Vulnerability Type: denial of service Severity (1-10): 3-5 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0797 VU#238678 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - denial of service condition in zlib 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - gaim - opera - imlib, imlib2 6) standard appendix (further information)
A kernel update has been released for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: kernel Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:028 Date: Wednesday, Sept 1st 2004 14:26 MEST Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Database Server, SUSE eMail Server III, 3.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 SUSE Linux Connectivity Server SUSE Linux Office Server Vulnerability Type: remote denial-of-service Severity (1-10): 6 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: none Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - integer overflow in kNFSd - local denial-of-service condition via /dev/ptmx problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - zlib - courier-imap - gaim - acroread - opera - netpbm/libnetpbm - webmin - spamassassin/perl-spamassassin - cfengine - xv 6) standard appendix (further information)
The Novell Linux Technical Resource Kit is available again
KDE 3.3 packages are now available for SUSE Linux
A qt3 update is available for SUSE Linux ______________________________________________________________________________ SUSE Security Announcement Package: qt3/qt3-non-mt/qt3-32bit/qt3-static Announcement-ID: SUSE-SA:2004:027 Date: Thursday, Aug 19th 2004 15:00 MEST Affected products: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 SUSE Linux Database Server, SUSE eMail Server III, 3.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9 SUSE Linux Firewall on CD/Admin host SUSE Linux Connectivity Server SUSE Linux Office Server Vulnerability Type: remote system compromise Severity (1-10): 7 SUSE default package: yes Cross References: CAN-2004-0691 CAN-2004-0692 CAN-2004-0693 Content of this advisory: 1) security vulnerability resolved: - buffer overflow in image handling code problem description 2) solution/workaround 3) special instructions and notes 4) package location and checksums 5) pending vulnerabilities, solutions, workarounds: - opera - acroread 6) standard appendix (further information)
Novell is finally shipping the updated Novell Linux Technical Resource Kit:
