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.
| Date | Name | Summary | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2002 | libpng | Fixes a buffer overflow in datastream reader. | Security |
| August 19, 2002 | krb5 | Fixes a heap overflow in the XDR decoder derived from Sun's RPC implementation. | Security |
| August 10, 2002 | gaim | Fixes buffer overflow in the jabber plugin. | Security |
| August 10, 2002 | bind | Fixes buffer overflow which may be remotely exploitable. | Security |
| August 10, 2002 | mm | Corrects temp file handling bug. | Security |
| August 10, 2002 | openssl | Fixes a denial-of-service related bug. | Security |
| August 01, 2002 | util-linux | Fixes locally exploitable vulnerability. | Security |
| August 01, 2002 | openssl | Fixes several serious buffer overflows. | Security |
| August 01, 2002 | glibc | Fixes a buffer overflow problem. | Security |
| August 01, 2002 | mod_ssl | Fixes bounds checking security problem. | Security |
| June 26, 2002 | openssh | Resolves a potentially serious input validation error. | Security |
| June 26, 2002 | apache | Fixes a serious security problems (DoS and remote execution). | Security |
| June 6, 2002 | ethereal | Fixes several security bugs including some DoS'. | Security |
| June 6, 2002 | bind | Fixes a potential denial-of-service attack bug. | Security |
| June 6, 2002 | xchat | Fixes arbitrary execution security vulnerability. | Security |
| June 6, 2002 | ghostscript | Fixes arbitrary execution security vulnerability. | Security |
| June 6, 2002 | tcpdump | Fixes buffer overflow condition. | Security |
| June 6, 2002 | nss_ldap | Fixes format string problem. | Security |
| June 6, 2002 | imap | Closes malformed header security bug. | Security |
| May 22, 2002 | webmin | Fixes a security problem. | Security |
| May 22, 2002 | kdebase | Defaults broken artsd to 8-bit mode. | Bugfix |
| May 22, 2002 | mpg321 | Fixes a buffer overflow. | Security |
| May 22, 2002 | sharutils | Closes a pipe or symlink handling security problem. | Security |
| May 22, 2002 | imlib | Closes a image loading security problem. | Security |
| May 22, 2002 | fetchmail | Closes a remotely-executable security problem. | Security |
| May 22, 2002 | glibc | Fixes a problem which may cause random seg faults. | Bugfix |
| May 02, 2002 | yi | Fixes a number of minor bugs in config tools. | Bugfix |
| May 02, 2002 | abiword | Fixes AbiWord font paths problem. | Bugfix |
| May 02, 2002 | docbook-utils | Fixes a file handling related security problem. | Security |
| May 02, 2002 | nautilus | Fixes a local symlink vulnerability. | Security |
| May 02, 2002 | ppp | Fixes CBCP protocol support. | Bugfix |
| May 02, 2002 | sudo | Fixes local root exploit vulnerability. | Security |
| May 02, 2002 | gimp | New packages contain fixed JPEG support. | Bugfix |
| May 02, 2002 | Xautoconfig | Fixes bad init script. | Bugfix |
| May 02, 2002 | pdisk | Fixes info and man page locations. | Bugfix |
| March 14, 2002 | wget | Fixes wget from segfaulting. | Bugfix |
| March 14, 2002 | apt | Rebuilt packages help apt-get style updating. | Enhancement |
Important note about Netscape:
The Tasty Morsels CD-ROM included with YDL 2.2 ships with a version of Netscape that has numerous known security vulnerabilities. A newer
or fixed version of Netscape is not available for the PowerPC Linux platform. We recommend that you use an alternative browser such as
Mozilla or Konqueror. Both ship with YDL 2.2. and have similar feature sets to Netscape. Another choice is Opera, a low-cost commercial web browser that works very well on YDL 2.2.
