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SECURITY: (linux-alert) LSF Update#14: Vulnerability of the lpr program.
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Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1996 <BR>
Linux Security FAQ Update -- lpr Vulnerability <BR>
A vulnerability exists in the lpr program version 0.06. If installed
suid to root, the lpr program allows local users to gain access to a
super-user account.
<P>
Local users can gain root privileges. The exploits that exercise
this vulnerability were made available.
<P>
lpr utility from the lpr 0.06 suffers from the buffer overrun
problem. Installing lpr as a suid-to-root is needed to allow
print spooling.
<P>
This LSF Update is based on the information originally posted to
linux-security mailing list.
<P>
For additional information and distribution corrections: <BR>
Linux Security WWW: <A HREF="http://bach.cis.temple.edu/linux/linux-security">
http://bach.cis.temple.edu/linux/linux-security</A>
linux-security & linux-alert mailing list archives:
<A HREF="ftp://linux.nrao.edu/pub/linux/security/list-archive">
ftp://linux.nrao.edu/pub/linux/security/list-archive </A>
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LINUXEXPO '97 TECHNICAL CONFERENCE
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Durham, N.C. December 31,1996-- It was announced today that the third annual
LinuxExpo Technical Conference will be held at the N.C. Biotechnology Center
in Research Triangle Park, NC on April 4-5, 1997. The conference will consist
of fourteen elite developers who will give technical talks on various topics
all related to the development of Linux. This year the event is expected to
draw 1,000 attendees who will be coming not only for the conference, but to
visit the estimated 30 Linux companies and organizations that will be selling
their own Linux products and giving demonstrations. The event will also
include a Linux User's Group meeting, an install fair, and a job fair for all
of the computer programming hopefuls. LinuxExpo '97 will be complete with
refreshments and entertainment from the Class Action Jugglers.
<P>
For addtional information:
Anna Selvia, <A HREF="mailto:anna@linuxexpo.org">anna@linuxexpo.org </A><BR>
LinuxExpo '97 Technical Conference, <A
HREF="mailto:www.linuxexpo.org">www.linuxexpo.org</A><BR>
3201 Yorktown Ave. Suite 113 <BR>
Durham, NC 27713
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WWW: Linux Archive Search Site
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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 <BR>
Tired of searching sunsite or tsx-11 for some program you
heard about on irc? Well, the Linux Archive
Search (LAS) is here. It is a search engine that searches an updated database
of the files contained on sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu,
ftp.funet.fi, and ftp.redhat.com. You can now quickly find out where
the files are hiding! The LAS is living at http://torgo.ml.org/las
(It may take a second to respond, its on a slow link). So give it a
whirl, who knows, you may use it a lot!
<P>
For additional information: <BR>
Jeff Trout, <A HREF="mailto: threshar@serve.com">threshar@serve.com </A>
<BR> The Internet Access Company, Inc.<BR>
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Netherlands - Linux Book On-line
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Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 <BR>
The very first book to appear in Holland on the Linux operating system
has gone on-line and can be found at:
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.cv.ruu.nl/~eric/linux/boek/">
http://www.cv.ruu.nl/~eric/linux/boek/</A>
<P>
And of course from every (paper) copy sold, one dollar is sent to the
Free Software Foundation.
For additional information: <BR>
Hans Paijmans, KUB-University, Tilburg, the Netherlands <BR>
<A HREF="mailto:paai@kub.nl">paai@kub.nl </A>,
<A HREF="http://purl.oclc.org/NET/PAAI/">http://purl.oclc.org/NET/PAAI/ </A>
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New O'Reilly Linux WWW Site
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Date: 26 Nov 1996 <BR>
<P>
Check out the new O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Linux web
site at <A HREF="http://www.ora.com/info/linux/">http://www.ora.com/info/linux/ </A>
<P>
It has:
<ul>
<li>Free excerpt from Linux Multimedia Guide
<li>Interview with Olaf Kirch
<li>Recommended links to the best Linux web sites.
<li>Links to our Unix & Linux book pages
</ul>
For additional information: <BR>
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., <A HREF="mailto:john@ora.com">john@ora.com </A>
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PCTV Reminder
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<P>
The "Unix III - Linux" show will air on the
Jones Computer Network (JCN) and the Mind Extension University Channel
(MEU) the week of January 20, 1997.
<P>
The scheduled times are:
<ul>
<li>Mon. 11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
<li>Wed. 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM
<li>Thu. 11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
<li>Fri. 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM
<li>Sun. 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM
</ul>
This show will also air on the NBC Superchannel (CNBC) January 25, 1997.
<P>
It is best to call your local cable operator to find the appropriate
channel.
<P>
Tom Schauer, Production Assoc. PCTV
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daVinci V2.0.2 - Graph Visualization System
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November 20, 1996 (Bremen, Germany) - The University of Bremen announces
daVinci V2.0.2, the new edition of the noted visualization tool for
generating high-quality drawings of directed graphs with more than 2000
installations worldwide. Users in the commercial and educational domain
have already integrated daVinci as user interface for their application
programs to visualize hierarchies, dependency structures, networks,
configuration diagrams, dataflows, etc. daVinci combines hierarchical graph
layout with powerful interactive capabilities and an API for remote
access from a connected application. In daVinci V2.0.2, a few extensions
related to improving performance and usage of the previous V2.0.1 release
have been made based on user feedback.
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daVinci V2.0.2 is licensed free of charge for non-profit use and is
immediately available Linux.
The daVinci system can be downloaded with this form:
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci/daVinci_get_daVinci.html">
http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci/daVinci_get_daVinci.html </A>
<P>
For additional information: <BR>
Michael Froehlich, daVinci Graph Visualization Project <BR>
Computer Science Department, University of Bremen, Germany <BR>
<A HREF="http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci">
http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~davinci </A>,
<A HREF="mailto:daVinci@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE">
daVinci@Informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE </A>
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WWW: getwww 1.3 - download an entire HTML source tree
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Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 <BR>
Getwww is designed to download an entire HTML source tree from a
remote URL, recursively changing image and hypertext links.
<P>
From the LSM: <BR>
Primary-site: ftp.kaist.ac.kr /incoming/www 25kB getwww++-1.3.tar.gz <BR>
Alternate-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/Network/info-systems/www
25kB getwww++-1.3.tar.gz <BR>
Platform: Linux-2.0.24 <BR>
Copying-policy: GPL <BR>
<P>
For additional information: <BR>
In-sung Kim, Network Tool Group, <A HREF="mailto:kisskiss@soback.kornet.nm.kr">
kisskiss@soback.kornet.nm.kr</A>
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Motif Interface Builder on Unifix 2.0
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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 <BR>
Unifix Software GmbH is proud to announce View Designer/X, a new Motif
interface builder available for Linux. A demo version of VDX is included
on Unifix Linux 2.0.
<P>
With object oriented and interactive application development tools, the
software developer is able to design applications with better quality
and in shorter times.
<P>
For more information and to download the latest demo version, see:
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.unifix.de/products/vdx">
http://www.unifix.de/products/vdx </A>
<P>
For additional information:
Unifix Software GmbH, <A HREF="mailto:info@unifix.de">info@unifix.de </A>
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View Designer/X
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 <BR>
<P>
View Designer/X, a new Motif Interface Builder for Linux has been released.
It enables application developers to design user interfaces
with Motif 2.0 widgets and to generate C and C++ code. The VDX provides
an interactive Wysiwyg View and a Widget Tree Browser which can be used
to modify the structure of the user interface. All resources are
adjustable by Widget Resource Editor and by using template files the
code generation of VDX is more flexible than those of other interface
builders.
<P>
Bredex GmbH, Germany is distributing the View Designer/X via Web service.
Please see following web page for more information and downloading the
free demo version:
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.bredex.de/EN/vdx/">http://www.bredex.de/EN/vdx/</A>
<P>
Dirk Laessig, <A HREF="mailto:dirk@unifix.de">dirk@unifix.de</A>
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X-Files 1.21 - graphical file manager in tcl/tk
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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 <BR>
<P>
X-Files is a graphical file management program for Unix/X-Window
environment developed on Linux.
<P>
For more information and packages see:<BR>
<A HREF="http://pinhead.tky.hut.fi/~xf_adm/">http://pinhead.tky.hut.fi/~xf_adm/</A>
<A HREF="http://www.hut.fi/~mkivinie/xfindex.html">http://www.hut.fi/~mkivinie/xfindex.html</A>
<A
HREF="ftp://java.inf.tu-dresden.de/pub/unix/x-files/">ftp://java.inf.tu-dresden.de:/pub/unix/x-files/:wq
</A>
<P>
For questions: <BR>
<A HREF="mailto:xf_adm@pinhead.tky.hut.fi">xf_adm@pinhead.tky.hut.fi</A><BR>
<P>
For additional information: <BR>
Mikko Kiviniemi, <A HREF="mailto:mkivinie@cc.hut.fi">mkivinie@cc.hut.fi </A>,
<A HREF="mailto:jforsten@cc.hut.fi">jforsten@cc.hut.fi </A> <BR>
Helsinki University of Technology
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