Kernel.org: “And we start all over again.. Sync against 2.5.3, and merge some
more pending items. Hopefully this fixes the reiserfs issues
that popped up in -dj7 (but mysteriously not in mainline).
please report reiserfs success/failure stories.Patch against 2.5.3 vanilla is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/davej/patches/2.5/”

And we start all over again.. Sync against 2.5.3, and merge some
more pending items. Hopefully this fixes the reiserfs issues
that popped up in -dj7 (but mysteriously not in mainline).
please report reiserfs success/failure stories.

Patch against 2.5.3 vanilla is available from:
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/davej/patches/2.5/

-- Davej.

2.5.3-dj1
o   Merge 2.5.3final
    | Drop NCR5380 changes for now. For reasons why, read
    | http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20020121_151.html#4
o   MAINTAINERS updates.				(Me)
o   Move IA64 perfmon init out of init/main.c		(Me)
o   Several #include linux/malloc.h -> linux/slab.h	(Me)
o   Remove bogus duplicate dmi_scan()			(Me)
o   Remove duplicate code in bootsect.S			(Rob Landley)
o   ScanLogic USB-ATAPI adapter support.		(Leif Sawyer)
o   Shrink dqcache by priority.				(Josh MacDonald)
o   Fix up BKL removal breakage in HFS & UFS.		(Robert Love, Me)
o   Config.help updates for GUID partition support.	(Matt Domsch)
o   Updated USB driverfs support.			(Greg KH)
o   Fix modular USB build.				(Jim McDonald)
o   Handle error case in sys_swapon()			(Andrey Panin)
o   i810_audio build fix.				(Martin Bahlinger)
o   text.lock->subsection improvements.			(Keith Owens)
o   Support an extra mystery rocketport card.		(Andi Kleen)
o   zlib_inflate build fix.				(Andi Kleen)
o   Remove inclusion of sched.h for most of fs/		(Me)
    | pushes CURRENT_TIME into wait.h
    | There's still work to do here.
o   Debug trap for vfree.				(Arjan van de Ven)
o   Make xconfig find help texts again.			(Olaf Dietsche)
o   Fix nbd breakage.					(Petr Vandrovec)
o   IBM partition compile fix.				(Sergey S. Kostyliov)
o   More reiserfs fixes.				(Oleg Drokin)


2.5.2-dj7
o   Merge 2.5.3pre6
o   Remove fs.h inclusion from sched.h again.		(Christoph Hellwig)
o   Remove some segment.h inclusions that reappeared.	(Me)
o   Unmangle dl2k crc fix from -dj6			(Jim McDonald)
o   Fix tsdev compile.					(Me)
o   aty128fb & radeonfb compile fixes.			(James Simmons)
o   Updated Config.help entries for input layer.	(Vojtech Pavlik)
o   Input layer tweak for old IBM keyboards.		(Vojtech Pavlik)
o   Fix USB HID feature report output.			(Vojtech Pavlik)
o   Workaround some broken PS/2 mice.			(Vojtech Pavlik)
o   Don't filter outgoing fields to HID defined ranges.	(Vojtech Pavlik)
o   Disable address in scatterlist for sg.		(Douglas Gilbert)
o   Limit NR_IRQS in no IO-APIC case.			(Brian Gerst)
o   Sonypi driver update (C1MRX Vaio).			(Stelian Pop)
o   Remove bogus release_region in eexpress.		(Gianluca Anzolin)
o   Neofb compile fixes.				(James Simmons)
o   Reiserfs update.					(all@namesys)
o   Further reiserfs fixes.				(Oleg Drokin)
o   Fix keyboard not working with nothing in AUX port.	(Vojtech Pavlik)
o   Small devfs changes.				(Richard Gooch)
o   Rage128 Pro TF identification to aty128fb.		(James Simmons)

LinuxPR: Based on embedded Linux technology, Beijing Co-Creator Open Source Software Co., Ltd has developed CCOffice. It is the first complete embedded Linux-based office suite in China compatible with MS office file formats. Offering various office functions, CCOffice is an ideal office suite for such embedded devices as PDA, STB and thin clients.”

LinuxPR: Linux storms the Enterprise Telephony market with the merger of it’s two leading telephony projects… These projects, GNU Bayonne and PreViking, have already defined the leading edge in deliverable telephony solutions based upon the linux operating system.” Read more in this press release.

Conectiva: “A vulnerability in the pine URL handler was discovered that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands in the user’s machine by encapsulating them in a URL using environment variables.”

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE   : pine
SUMMARY   : URL handler vulnerability
DATE      : 2002-01-31 12:01:00
ID        : CLA-2002:460
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 5.0, prg graficos, ecommerce, 5.1, 7.0

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DESCRIPTION
 Pine is a mail and news text based client developed by the Washington
 University[1].

 A vulnerability[2] in the pine URL handler was discovered that allows
 remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands in the user's
 machine by encapsulating them in a URL using environment variables.

 This vulnerability only affects users whith the msg-view-url option
 enabled (which is not the default).

 It was originally discovered[3] by Jim Hebert jhebert@jhebert.cx> on
 November 18, 1999, rediscovered by zen-parse zen-parse@gmx.net> on
 October 20, 2001 and reannounced to Bugtraq on January 5, 2002.


SOLUTION
 All pine users should upgrade.

 REFERENCES:
 1 .http://www.washington.edu/pine/
2 .http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3815
3 .http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/35296


DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES 
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.src.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pico-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U51_1cl.src.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pine-4.44L-1U51_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U51_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pico-4.44L-1U51_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U70_1cl.src.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/pico-4.44L-1U70_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/pine-4.44L-1U70_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/pilot-4.44L-1U70_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.src.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/pico-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.src.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/pine-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/pico-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpmftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/pilot-4.44L-1U50_1cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
 upgrades of RPM packages:
 - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
   (you may also use linuxconf to do this):

 rpm [cncbr]  ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates

(replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0)

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
 can be found at  http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en


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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at 
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at  http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at 
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Linux Planet: “I do not always agree with RMS and rarely do I think his methodology is something that works… I think he is one of those people who truly believes he’s got it right and come Hell or high water, he’s going to spread the word. But one thing I will always agree upon: there is a clear and definite need for free software or something like it in the world today.” Read more here.

The Register reports: “How much do you love Microsoft’s .NET? Enough to trust your Gnome applications to its APIs in the future? That’s what Gnome leader Miguel de Icaza, believes should happen. Miguel calls .NET the “natural upgrade” for the Gnome platform… He also had praise for the new Microsoft security model, dismissed the notion that Redmond was employing embrace and extend to its web services protocols, and put the message that the community should get over its beef with The Beast.
”

LinuxPR: “LinuxCertified, Inc. will offer its next Linux Network Services Bootcamp, on February 16-17, 2002 in San Francisco bay area (south bay). This workshop has been designed for network administrators in charge of providing key network services on Linux servers. All students get a free Linux laptop!” Read more here.

Mandrake: “There are two problems with the gzip archiving program; the first is a crash when an input file name is over 1020 characters, and the second is a buffer overflow that could be exploited if gzip is run on a server such as an FTP server. The patch applied is from the gzip developers and the problems have been fixed in the latest beta.”

From:	 Mandrake Linux Security Team <security@linux-mandrake.com>
To:	 security-announce@linux-mandrake.com
Subject: [Security Announce] MDKSA-2002:011 - gzip update
Date:	 31 Jan 2002 22:30:46 -0000

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

________________________________________________________________________

                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
________________________________________________________________________

Package name:           gzip
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2002:011
Date:                   January 31st, 2002
Affected versions:      7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, Corporate Server 1.0.1,
                        Single Network Firewall 7.2
________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

 There are two problems with the gzip archiving program; the first is
 a crash when an input file name is over 1020 characters, and the second
 is a buffer overflow that could be exploited if gzip is run on a server
 such as an FTP server.  The patch applied is from the gzip developers
 and the problems have been fixed in the latest beta.
________________________________________________________________________

References:

  http://www.gzip.org/#patch
________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

 Linux-Mandrake 7.1:
 3f6150749a54bf1b23883aef86a56d3b  7.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.2mdk.i586.rpm
 66a43cdb4e1aa47cd21c73fd2ce7486b  7.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.2mdk.src.rpm

 Linux-Mandrake 7.2:
 d8cbd0398f776074a1966306d4d4ec01  7.2/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
 462664bd9f12cda8e73160ffff98770f  7.2/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.0:
 62856680235f87c6ad3327d5b7fa0dbb  8.0/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
 462664bd9f12cda8e73160ffff98770f  8.0/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.0/ppc:
 a8390f5cffaa178e4d072a15c16d44e9  ppc/8.0/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 462664bd9f12cda8e73160ffff98770f  ppc/8.0/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1:
 0c4bd47c8314d2df3b5dd98476a75c80  8.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
 462664bd9f12cda8e73160ffff98770f  8.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 8.1/ia64:
 ac92d89175214285cf11d2663744a040  ia64/8.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.ia64.rpm
 462664bd9f12cda8e73160ffff98770f  ia64/8.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate Server 1.0.1:
 3f6150749a54bf1b23883aef86a56d3b  1.0.1/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.2mdk.i586.rpm
 66a43cdb4e1aa47cd21c73fd2ce7486b  1.0.1/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.2mdk.src.rpm

 Single Network Firewall 7.2:
 d8cbd0398f776074a1966306d4d4ec01  snf7.2/RPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
 462664bd9f12cda8e73160ffff98770f  snf7.2/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-9.1mdk.src.rpm
________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

________________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate.  The verification of md5
checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one 
of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm".  A list of
FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of
the downloaded package.  You can do this with the command:

  rpm --checksig <filename>

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:

  https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to 
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to.  Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security@linux-mandrake.com
________________________________________________________________________

Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security@linux-mandrake.com>


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LinuxPR: “In a move that will allow true interoperability between Linux distributions and better internationalization capabilities, the Free Standards Group has released LSB 1.1 and Li18nux 1.0. LSB enhances existing compatibility among Linux distributions and will enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux-based operating system. The Linux Internationalization Initiative (Li18nux) creates a foundation for language globalization of compliant distributions and applications.” Read more here.

Internetnews.com notes the increased business focus of LinuxWorld this year.