The following security, bug, and functionality updates have been provided by Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. in order to help keep your Champion Server 1.2 operating system secure, robust, and up-to-date. Each package is classified as one of three different types. Security updates are those which fix a discovered security vulnerability. You should always install security updates. Bugfix updates solve problems discovered with the distribution. Lastly, package enhancement updates are not critical but do improve or enhance your Yellow Dog Linux operating system.


Champion Server 1.2.1 Errata (1.2 affected as well)

Date	Name	Summary	Type
January 30, 2001	bind	Security problem that can be exploited remotely.	Security
September 26, 2000	xpdf	Security problem in tmp file and URL handling.	Security
September 26, 2000	glibc	Several problems created the potential for users to gain root access.	Security
September 25, 2000	sysklogd	Several problems created the potential for users to gain root access.	Security

Champion Server 1.2 Errata (1.2.1 contains all of the below updates)

Date	Name	Summary	Type
September 13, 2000	mgetty	Fixed a problem that could allow a user to overwrite any file on a system.	Security
September 13, 2000	usermode	Fixed a problem allowing console users to get root access.	Security
September 13, 2000	initscripts	Fixed a typo in a network script.	Bugfix
September 13, 2000	xchat	Fixed a problem with URL handling.	Security
August 10, 2000	umb-scheme	Fixed a permissions problem.	Security
August 10, 2000	mailx	Fixes an environment inheritance problem related to below suidperl exploit.	Security
August 10, 2000	perl	Fixed an exploit in suidperl.	Security
July 31, 2000	nfs-utils	Fixes a flaw in rpc.statd daemon.	Security
July 31, 2000	gpm	Fixes security problem and denial-of-service attack.	Security
July 28, 2000	kernel	Fixes security vulnerability and adds features.	Security
May 07, 2000	ircii	Fixes buffer overflow in dcc chat.	Security
May 07, 2000	etcskel	Provides missing default home directory files.	Bugfix
May 02, 2000	openldap	Fixes vulnerability that allowed local users to overwrite files.	Security
May 02, 2000	piranha	Fixes vulnerability in gui portion of piranha.	Security
April 24, 2000	man	Fixes problem of uncompressed man page viewing.	Bugfix

Yup (Yellow Dog Update Program) versions newer then what ships with Champion Server 1.2 are also available. Each time you run yup, the newest version of the software will be downloaded if you do not yet have it.