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There are potential problems with file access checking in the lpr and lpd
programs. These could allow users to potentially print files they do not have
access to. Also, there are bugs in remote printing in the lpd that shipped with
Red Hat Linux 6.1.
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Various computer security groups have reported security problems in the WU-FTPD
daemon, the FTP server shipped with all versions of Red Hat Linux.
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Screen uses ptys with world read/write permissions.
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Under some network configurations PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) will
fail to lock access to disabled NIS accounts.
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A new version of Netscape has been released. This release fixes some security
problems in Javascript and form signing.
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In the xscreensaver package shipped with Red Hat Linux 6.0, certain security
checks were disabled that could result in a security vulnerability if the
screensaver was configured in a particular manner. While Red Hat Linux 6.0 does
not ship with such a configuration, it is recommended that users upgrade to the
fixed packages. Thanks to Jamie Zawinski for pointing this out.
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RH6.0: INN
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07 December 1999
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Security problems have been found with the version of INN that shipped with Red
Hat Linux 6.0. By editing the inn.conf file, or changing the INNCONF
environment variable, the 'news' user could execute arbitrary code as root.
Thanks to the users of BUGTRAQ for noting this problem. It is recommended that
users of INN under Red Hat Linux 6.0 upgrade to the new packages.
This vulnerability does not affect the INN that shipped in previous versions of
Red Hat Linux.
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