Garfield's Opensource News: Nov 13, 2008

13 November 2008

[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0977 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 seamonkey - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0977

seamonkey security update for CentOS 3 x86_64:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html

The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to
the mirrors:

x86_64:
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm
updates/x86_64/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.x86_64.rpm

source:
updates/SRPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.src.rpm

You may update your CentOS-3 x86_64 installations by running the command:

yum update seamonkey

Tru
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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0977 Critical CentOS 3 i386 seamonkey - security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0977

seamonkey security update for CentOS 3 i386:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html

The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to
the mirrors:

i386:
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm
updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.i386.rpm

source:
updates/SRPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.centos3.src.rpm

You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command:

yum update seamonkey

Tru
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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0977-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 seamonkey security update

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the
centos mirror:

RHSA-2008:0977-01 Critical: seamonkey security update

Files available:
seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm
seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.21.el2.c2.1.i386.rpm

More details are available from the RedHat web site at
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html

The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches
is to run:
# yum update

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ITS Senior Analyst / Programmer
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0967 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 httpd Update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0967 Moderate

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )

x86_64:
46b34c35a0f0198d1cb12f5c48504bd3 httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.x86_64.rpm
93afd876d876b2acc0aebb14242ea838 httpd-devel-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.i386.rpm
6c6601fdd450399363a70155640368f5 httpd-devel-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.x86_64.rpm
2a4f9ea76c08d7e5e44d757a77927973 httpd-manual-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.x86_64.rpm
c63b987021cd7481d512df6f3bc04818 mod_ssl-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.x86_64.rpm

Source:
fd0efd0d6a620372f79d1eb37efc14c4 httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.src.rpm

Packages for this update are being reissued due to a problem in the release tag for the packages. For more details look at : http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3236

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0967 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 httpd Update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0967 Moderate

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )

i386:
4c3f6975e94f44aafc7f7232f9a80d7e httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.i386.rpm
0deca8309af3ac083a6e3a2744e4eb74 httpd-devel-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.i386.rpm
a0b417192fe7dbff00991d3f494001e9 httpd-manual-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.i386.rpm
e31e9b49033c59b3fe67c3f106d6ebe8 mod_ssl-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.i386.rpm

Source:
fd0efd0d6a620372f79d1eb37efc14c4 httpd-2.2.3-11.el5_2.centos.4.src.rpm

Packages for this update are being reissued due to a problem in the release tag for the packages. For more details look at : http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3236

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0957 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 kernel Update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0957 Important

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )

x86_64:
3b39f26b2ac7447a2811eb195174fa82 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64.rpm
5f9bf962f1c6aed793c2eb78f26902e7 kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64.rpm
31fbdb5edda80560e4c8f10606247966 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64.rpm
640a3fadef3b11c0567e1c977fbf3903 kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64.rpm
24f654c336c52cc78c69a64a3dca0d75 kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.noarch.rpm
7e96de43499d64f48ff56c4b199c4ee8 kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64.rpm
0e170089528621c4f8b32a3468c7c1bd kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64.rpm
e16d560c2b9712a259bb2e2fa66e13d5 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.x86_64.rpm

Source:
43cd1e50fcda25e6110430a7a8abb3f6 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.src.rpm

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[CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0957 Important CentOS 5 i386 kernel Update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0957 Important

Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )

i386:
79548e1af005f9945ac992c56b112c63 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
18605683d0632daed9646cd8f015bdb8 kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
be166249c4313f557247c6af6b9666f0 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
226c5d1d6a1d7c4d28d90e225268737c kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
d4108276e9fe6a5d40765052d508a36e kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.noarch.rpm
b1885461c579f7b45f1aa879fe3fc425 kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i386.rpm
2c1b5dfc9ec65490235e21c6ec36ca88 kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
b536cc04b5ed5e62fbfed9fce5d9650f kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
d192b2ab5853e4069c1fdff6e26b61d2 kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
23086969f848d0393891780c1416ad6d kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm

Source:
43cd1e50fcda25e6110430a7a8abb3f6 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.18.el5.src.rpm

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