[Logwatch-Announce] Logwatch 2.5 Released (Security Update!)

Kirk Bauer kirk@kaybee.org
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:13:58 -0500 (EST)


Logwatch 2.5 has been released.

- Fixed a root exploit using a race condition in /tmp
- Implemented several bug fixes and patches that have been sent in
- Fixed bugs 46371, 56191, 58578, 61202, 61829, 61831, 61832 
  from bugzilla.redhat.com

Due to the root exploit in all previous versions of Logwatch, it is
recommended that all users upgrade to the newest version.

ftp://ftp.logwatch.org/pub/redhat/RPMS/noarch/logwatch-2.5-3.noarch.rpm

Other information can be found at http://www.logwatch.org/.

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