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Slackware-10.2 ChangeLog (2011-04-07)
Thu Apr 7 04:07:29 UTC 2011
Packages
Upgraded
- patches/packages/dhcp-3.1_ESV_R1-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
In dhclient, check the data for some string options for reasonableness
before passing it along to the script that interfaces with the OS.
This prevents some possible attacks by a hostile DHCP server.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0997
(* Security fix *)