Linux Today SECURITY LETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2000 Latest Security News for the Linux and Open Source Community. ___________________________ Sponsors ________________________________ This newsletter sponsored by: VeriSign _____________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ TODAY'S LINUX SECURITY NEWS: ------------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITY PORTAL: WRITING SECURITY ADVISORIES - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY "PGP/GnuPG keys: would it be too hard to have them signed properly and posted in an easy to find location on the Web? Caldera is especially guilty in this respect." COMPLETE STORY: http://securityportal.com/closet/closet20000913.html /-------------------------------------------------------------------\ Which security solution is right for your Web site? Before you decide, request your FREE guide, "Securing Your Web Site For Business," to learn the facts. In the guide, find solutions for: * Encrypting online transactions * Securing corporate intranets * Authenticating your Web site Get your FREE guide today at: http://www.verisign.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?a=n042410460003000 \--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ SLACKWARE SECURITY ADVISORY: XCHAT INPUT VALIDATION BUG FIXED "An input validation bug was found to affect Slackware Linux 7.0, 7.1, and -current." COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=27535 ------------------------------------------------------------------ RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORY: FORMAT STRING EXPLOIT IN SCREEN "Screen allows the user to overload the visual bell with a text message that can be set by the user. This text message is handled as a format string, instead of as a pure string, so maliciously written format strings are allowed to overwrite the stack." COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=27536 ------------------------------------------------------------------ DEBIAN SECURITY ADVISORY: SECURITY UPDATE POLICY FOR DEBIAN 2.1 (SLINK) "Debian is phasing out support for Debian 2.1 (slink)." COMPLETE STORY: http://linuxtoday.com/story.php3?sn=27537 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITY PORTAL: WEEKLY SECURITY TOOLS DIGEST 2000/09/08 TO 2000/09/14 "Linux/Unix Based Tools include pdump, several Linux kernel modules, capsel, banner, nabou, aph, lids, guardog." 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