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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 21:16:37 +1200
From: John Jenkins <mrgoblin a dunedin.lug.net.nz>
To: mrgoblin a dunedin.lug.net.nz
Subject: Slackware Changelog Notice!!



        	Slackware-current ChangeLog Notice.

The following additions have been made to The ChangeLog.txt

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New Entry:  Tue Mar 18 01:44:41 PST 2003
New Entry:  Slackware 9.0 is released...  happy release day!
New Entry:  bootdisks/*:  Patched kmod/ptrace hole.  (see below)
New Entry:  kernels/*:  Patched kmod/ptrace hole.  (see below)
New Entry:  a/kernel-ide-2.4.20-i486-5.tgz:  Patched kmod/ptrace hole. 
(see below)
New Entry:  ap/mysql-3.23.56-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to mysql-3.23.56.
New Entry:  d/ccache-2.2-i386-1.tgz:  Added ccache-2.2.
New Entry:  d/kernel-headers-2.4.20-i386-5.tgz:  Patched ptrace related
headers.
New Entry:  k/kernel-source-2.4.20-noarch-5.tgz:  Patched kmod/ptrace
hole.
New Entry:    The kernel module loader in Linux kernel 2.2.x before
2.2.25, and 2.4.x
New Entry:    before 2.4.20, allows local users to gain root privileges by
using ptrace
New Entry:    to attach to a child process that is spawned by the kernel.
New Entry:    For additional information and references, see:
New Entry:    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0127
New Entry:    (* Security fix *)
New Entry:  +--------------------------+
New Entry:  Mon Mar 17 10:47:33 PST 2003
New Entry:  Slackware 9.0 is (almost) released...  happy Saint Patrick's
Day!  :-)
New Entry: 
extra/kernel-modules-2.4.20_xfs/kernel-modules-2.4.20_xfs-i486-6.tgz:
New Entry:    Reverted to the stock ac97_codec/emu10k1 modules, as the
ones from CVS
New Entry:    have problems compiling for the 2.4.20-xfs kernel version
and won't load.
New Entry:  a/kernel-modules-2.4.20-i486-7.tgz:  Updated to the ac97_codec
and emu10k1
New Entry:    drivers from CVS (this should support the Audigy cards). 
Source for these
New Entry:    can be found in source/a/kernel-modules/.
New Entry:  gnome/gnomeicu-0.99-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gnomeicu-0.99.
New Entry:    (suggested by Tobias Svensson)
New Entry:  +--------------------------+

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