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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 1862-1] New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix privilege escalation
From: Peter Besenbruch <prb () lava net>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:17:28 -1000
On Thursday 27 August 2009 02:11:10 morla wrote:
when i $ aptitude update ; aptitude safe-upgrade or $ apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade it tells me that im up 2 date. but in this release the bug is still included,.,. i had to install "linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem" via $ aptitude install linux-image-2.6.26-2-686-bigmem by hand. why is this? and how do i ensure that im not being fooled by aptitude or apt?
That depends. Do you include proposed-updates in your sources.list? -- Hawaiian Astronomical Society: http://www.hawastsoc.org HAS Deepsky Atlas: http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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