Security Updates | 2007-08-23

I’m trying a slight feature change. Instead of listing all security updates for a single product or company on one page, I’m going to try including all security updates in one daily wrap-up. Let me know what you think of this idea.

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2007:0860 Moderate: tar security update
This update addresses a symlink path traversal flaw in tar packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact.

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Security Vulnerabilities in the ata(7D) Disk Driver May Lead to a Denial of Service Condition
Security vulnerabilities in the ioctl functions in the ata disk driver could allow an unprivileged user to cause a panic resulting in a denial of service. This update affects Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on the x86 platform.
PostgreSQL Daylight Saving Time (DST) Update
This alert updates daylight saving and timezone changes for PostgreSQL. This update affects Solaris 10 on both SPARC and x86 platforms. A patch is available from SunSolve.