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                           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
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SGI has released Patch 10032: SGI Advanced Linux Environment security
update #5, which includes updated RPMs for SGI ProPack v2.2.1 and SGI
ProPack v2.3 for the Altix family of systems, in response to the
following erratas released by Red Hat:

 Updated XFree86 packages provide security and bug fixes
 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-289.html

 Updated zebra packages fix security vulnerabilities
 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-305.html

 Updated fileutils packages fix ls vulnerabilities
 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-310.html

 Updated PostgreSQL packages fix buffer overflow
 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-314.html

 Updated iproute packages fix local security vulnerability
 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-317.html

 Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues
 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-324.html

Patch 10032 is available from http://support.sgi.com/
or the individual RPMs from Patch 10032 are available from:
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/2.2.1/updates/RPMS
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/2.2.1/updates/SRPMS
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/2.3/updates/RPMS
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/2.3/updates/SRPMS


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