From agent99@sgi.com Thu Nov 20 02:14:52 2003 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: agent99@sgi.com Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.announce, comp.security.unix, comp.sys.sgi.admin, comp.security.announce Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:57:22 -0800 Subject: SGI Advanced Linux Environment security update #5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title : SGI Advanced Linux Environment security update #5 Number : 20031101-01-U Date : November 19, 2003 Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:289-07, CAN-2003-0690, CAN-2003-0730 Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:305-12, CAN-2003-0795, CAN-2003-0858 Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:310-10, CAN-2003-0853, CAN-2003-0854 Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:314-08, CAN-2003-0901 Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:317-08, CAN-2003-0856 Reference : Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2003:324-09, CAN-2003-0925, CAN-2003-0926, CAN-2003-0927 Fixed in : Patch 10032 for SGI ProPack v2.2.1 and SGI ProPack v2.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI provides this information freely to the SGI user community for its consideration, interpretation, implementation and use. 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