MDVA-2008:075 : drakconf

This update fixes a crash that some users saw, which resulted in either a segfault or a strange perl error bug 34505. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

MDVA-2008:125 : bash-completion

The bash-completion package shipped in Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring had a problem with scp remote host completion, as reported in bug 42063. The updated package fixes the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix...

MDVA-2009:002 : msec

This update fixes the following two issues with msec: - when changing to a higher security level, permitrootlogin is not handled correctly bug 19726 - daily reports with multi-byte characters are not sent correctly bug 26773 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the...

MDVA-2009:012 : kphotoalbum

Kphotoalbum in Mandriva Linux 2009.0 had some unimplemented functions that could lead to crashes. This new package implements those functions and fixes the crashes. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled o...

MDVA-2008:168 : sound-scripts

The sound initialization scripts provided with Mandriva Linux 2009 activate the Analog Loopback channel when it is present. This channel is present on most audio chipsets supported by the snd-hda-intel driver, which are commonly used on recent systems. When active, this channel plays back the sou...

MDVA-2009:006 : xen

The xen package released in Mandriva Linux 2009.0 lacks udev rules for handling hotplug events. As a result trying to create an HVM host will fail with this kind of error message: 'Error: Device 0 vif could not be connected Hotplug scripts not working'. Additionaly, it also add PCI pass-through...

MDVA-2009:049 : mdkonline

This update fixes an issue which could cause mdkonline to fail when attempting to setup restricted resources. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This...

MDKA-2007:045 : mozilla-thunderbird

Mandriva Linux 2007.1 shipped with a beta version of Mozilla Thunderbird, so this update provides the final Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 release, with updated translations and Enigmail support. This update also adds support for Belarusian be, Bulgarian bg, Danish da, British English en-GB, Irish...

MDVA-2008:116 : initscripts

This update of the drakx-net and initscripts packages improves wireless strength detection and fixes connection with rt61 devices using the rt61pci driver. Such connections used to fail when the wpasupplicant daemon was used. This update makes the network tools force a reassociation when the...

MDVA-2008:066 : xinitrc

This update corrects a problem where an incorrect path was being used to execute xdm scripts. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This script was...

MDVA-2008:180 : cracklib

The cracklib library package was incorrectly providing the development package, which was preventing the compilation of anything relying on cracklib-devel. This update fixes the incorrect Provides. It also corrects an issue when /usr is a separate partition the fails to mount at start, logging in...

MDVA-2008:171 : gdm

An incorrect memory deallocation was causing a crash when the GNOME display manager was exiting. This package update fixes this issue and includes additional bug fixes and translation updates. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currentl...

MDVA-2008:148 : pulseaudio

Some issues relating to thread cancellation have been discovered in the pulseaudio package shipped with Mandriva Linux 2009.0. These issues could result in the crash of an application acting as a pulseaudio client. This condition is greatly exacerbated when the client is unable to connect to the...

MDVA-2008:177 : lirc

The LIRC packages included with Mandriva Linux 2008 and Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring did not include the 'commandir' module, which is necessary along with the 'lirccmdir' module to properly support CommandIR remote controls. These updated packages do include the module. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300...

MDVA-2009:023 : db46

Additional official patches have been released for db 4.6 after Mandriva release. They fix the following issues: - There was the possibility that the wrong number of mutexes would be allocated. This issue could cause applications with multiple cache regions to see undefined behavior in rare cases...

MDVA-2009:024 : totem

Changes on the Youtube web site prevented the youtube totem plugin in Mandriva Linux 2009 from working. Also, totem wouldn't allow setting the colour balance sliders to the minimum or maximum settings. This update fixes both issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated...

MDVA-2008:194 : metisse

Metisse was not able to start properly when using KDE4 as the desktop environment. This package update fixes the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a security fix. Disabled on 2012/09/06. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

MDVA-2009:017 : glibc

regexp.h header shipped with glibc 2.8, in Mandriva Linux 2009, had an error which caused the build of programs using the regexp compile function to fail. This update addresses the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a...

MDVA-2008:164 : rpm

This update provides Lzma payload support to rpm, which allows for updating to Mandriva Linux 2009 from Mandriva Linux 2008, or allows for creating 2009-based chroots on a 2008-based host. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated as the associated patch is not currently a...

MDVA-2008:089 : wireshark

The previous update of wireshark had the dumpcap program, which is required by both wireshark and tshark, in the wireshark package. If a user installed tshark, it would not properly operate unless the wireshark package was also installed. This update corrects the problem by providing a new dumpca...