P-171: SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security Update #33

REVISION HISTORY:
04/12/2005 - revised to add a link to Red Hat RHSA-2005:021-09.
04/13/2005 - revised to add a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-707-1 for 
             Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody.
06/02/2005 - revised to add a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-731 that
             provides updated packages for the telnet client vulnerabilities.
06/10/2005 - revised to add a link to Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:198-35.
06/14/2005 - added a link Sun Alert ID: 101671 and Sun Alert ID: 101665.
06/15/2005 - added a link to Red Hat RHSA-2005:415-06 and Red Hat RHSA-2005:504-06.
07/22/2005 - revised to add a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-765-1 for 
             Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody).
08/12/2005 - added a link to Sun Alert ID: 101864
08/15/2005 - revised to add a link to SGI Security Update #43 that provides
             patches for SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 6 for SGI Altix family of 
             systems.


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                           SGI Security Advisory

  Title     : SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security Update #33
  Number    : 20050401-01-U
  Date      : April 6, 2005
  Fixed in  : Patch 10159 for SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 4 & 5
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SGI has released Patch 10159 - SGI Advanced Linux Environment 3 Security 
Update #33, which includes updated SGI ProPack 3 Service Pack 4 & 5 RPMs 
for the SGI Altix family of systems, in response to the following 
security issues:

mysql-server security update
 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-348.html

gtk2 security update
 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-344.html
 
tetex security update
 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-354.html

krb5 security update
 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html

XFree86 security update
 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-331.html

telnet security update
 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html

Patch 10159 is available from http://support.sgi.com/

The individual RPMs from Patch 10159 are available from:
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/3/updates/RPMS
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/sgi_propack/download/3/updates/SRPMS


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