(RHSA-2003:408) Updated kernel packages address security vulnerabilities, bugfixes

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. The execve system call in Linux 2.4.x records the file descriptor of the executable process in the file table of the calling process, which allows local users to gain read access to restricted file descriptors. The Common...

OpenSSL 0.9.7a and 0.9.6i released

From the changelog: Security fix: Vaudenay timing attack on CBC + In ssl3getrecord ssl/s3pkt.c, minimize information leaked + via timing by performing a MAC computation even if incorrrect + block cipher padding has been found. This is a countermeasure + against active attacks where the attacker h...