Tollef, There are other security bugs that 2.2.16 fixes, y'know.
Regards, Alex. --- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: EFD1 AC6C 7ED5 E453 C367 AC7A B474 16E0 758D 7ED9 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d- s:+ a--- C++++ UL++++ P L+++ E W++ N o-- K- w O--- M- V- PS+ PE- Y PGP t+ 5 X- R tv+ b DI--- D+ G e-- h++ r--- y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On 16 Jun 2000, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > * =?iso-8859-15?Q?Jean-Philippe_Gu=E9rard?= > > | It seems that both a new kernel version (2.2.16), and a new version > | of sendmail have been released to fix a very serious security bug. > | > | See <URL:http://www.sendmail.org/sendmail.8.10.1.LINUX-SECURITY.txt> > | > | Shouldn't both sendmail and the current kernel be updated ASAP ? > > >From the latest debian-newsletter: > > * A fix for the capabilities-related local root compromise in kernel > 2.2.15 was [21]backported into the Debian package of kernel > 2.2.15. > > -- > Tollef Fog Heen > This is the unix version of the LoveBug virus and in the spirit of such it > depends on the user community to propagate. Please send this message to all > of your friends and randomly delete numerous files from your system. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >