RE: [cobalt-users] March 13, 2002 Upgrades

["Global Profit Solutions" <gps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

+Something is amiss,,,I never saw any posts in cobalt announce that covered
+the March 13, 2000 packages for DNS, Kernel and GLIBC
+
+Any fright stories after installing them
+
+(couldn't seem to find anything in the archives)
+
+Thanks
+Thom

No noticeable issues on either a Raq3 or Raq4



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Sun Microsystems
Software Update Notification
03/13/02
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Hello Fellow Sun Cobalt Customers!

This is one in a series of periodic notifications designed to keep you
informed of recent software updates, as they become available to you.

For a full description of these and other updates, please go to:
http://www.cobalt.com/support/download/

Or for those of you who want to get straight to business, please go to:
ftp://ftp.cobalt.com/pub/packages/

We strongly recommend that you apply any and all updates appropriate to your
server appliance.

Thank you very much.
Jared L. Height


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Software Updates For Sun Cobalt RaQ 4
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RaQ4-ja-OSUpdate-2.0: OS Update 2.0 (Japanese)
Requires Reboot: YES
MD5 Check Sum: 1871ce1828df8746eb0a932fcd9e7313

This patch is an update to the Sun Cobalt RaQ 4 server appliance. It
incorporates all previous patches as well as various bug fixes. See the PDF
file for a complete list of bugs addressed in this update.

Prerequisites:
RaQ4-ja-OSUpdate 1.0
RaQ4-All-Security-1.0.3-8762      (DOS /tmp attack)
RaQ4-All-System-1.0.2-9882        (DNS update)
RaQ4-All-Security-1.0.1-10602     (Apache Update)
RaQ4-All-Kernel-1.0.1-2.216C28III (Kernel Update)


RaQ4-All-System-2.0.1-12854: DNS Update 2.0.1
Requires Reboot: NO
MD5 Check Sum: b489ef028b80ceeb30bf5db2348923f9

This package fixes a number of issues within Sun Cobalt's DNS configuration
and management interface and it's interactions with the nameserver.
Moreover, after this patch, the administrator will have more options in
specifying the method of RFC 2317 style reverse subnet delegation.


RaQ4-All-Kernel-2.0.1-2.2.16C32III: Kernel Update 2.0.1
Requires Reboot: YES
MD5 Check Sum: 7cf79a0da0c91a0de98db51977deb430

This package updates Kernel version to C32 to fix following security alert.
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3607
NOTE: This package is for Sun Cobalt RaQ 3 Non-StaQware systems only. If you
have StaQware running, please install kernel update at
http://www.cobalt.com/support/download/staqwareraq4.html


RaQ4-All-Security-2.0.1-13453: glibc Update 2.0.1
Requires Reboot: NO
MD5 Check Sum: af333d0ca687404569c996f2746a4cc1

This updates the version of glibc to fix a known vulnerability with file
globbing functionality. See the following link for details:
http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/3707



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Software Updates For Sun Cobalt RaQ 3
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RaQ3-All-System-4.0.1-12854: DNS Update 4.0.1
Requires Reboot: NO
MD5 Check Sum: 1eafe1b1a10348ce32d4990126b98a87

This package fixes a number of issues within Sun Cobalt's DNS configuration
and management interface and it's interactions with the nameserver.
Moreover, after this patch, the administrator will have more options in
specifying the method of RFC 2317 style reverse subnet delegation.


RaQ3-All-Security-4.0.1-13453: glibc Update 4.0.1
Requires Reboot: NO
MD5 Check Sum: 47020d56c4c08c995b934f108ebec0da

This updates the version of glibc to fix a known vulnerability with file
globbing functionality. See the following link for details:
http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/3707



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Software Updates For Sun Cobalt RaQ 2
=======================================

RaQ2-All-Security-4.0.1-13453: glibc Update 4.0.1
Requires Reboot: NO
MD5 Check Sum: 4f2ece611d5480d1cc3c6dd0b85f81c1

This updates the version of glibc to fix a known vulnerability with file
globbing functionality. See the following link for details:
http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/3707