paul

Done :)

ur naow teh adminz

I'm in :) does that mean I'm an admin there too? ;)

you poor bastard .. you're a glutton for punishment aren't you?

go register, and I can tick the box to make you admin .. don't say I didn't warn you

Since there's no Mageia release out yet, not even a test release, there's nothing really to be in yet if I'm not mistaken. Development takes place on the mailing lists not on the forum.

Btw what was the final conclusion, will they have their own forum or will they use yours?

 

I know it's been asked before but I can't remember your answer: is it possible to display the mailing lists as forum topics in the new forum?

1. Correct; no release means nothing to support, but it *might* happen :)

2. Final conclusion was: Conversation evaporated, never continued, and whoever is in control of the dns removed forum.mageia.org (or pointed it elsewhere)

3.Not so far; and keep a legible user database, but I'll keep my eye out.

You can count me in Paul. As Dexter11 says there's nowt much to talk about yet.

Dexter and SilverSurfer .. I'm trying to drum up support, been here before (starting a support forum) it takes more than one person; takes a team

Right . .who's in?

and what is there to do?

From the founders of other Linux support success stories such as MandrivaUsers.org, Mageia Linux support forum: Mageia Users.

 

 

About Mageia Linux

As you may have heard, the future of the Mandriva Linux distribution is unclear.

 

Most employees working on the distribution were laid off when Edge-IT was liquidated. We do not trust the plans of Mandriva SA anymore and we don't think the company (or any company) is a safe host for such a project.

 

Many things have happened in the past 12 years. Some were very nice: the Mandriva Linux community is quite large, motivated and experienced, the distribution remains one of the most popular and an award-winning product, easy to use and innovative. Some other events did have some really bad consequences that made people not so confident in the viability of their favourite distribution.

 

People working on it just do not want to be dependent on the economic fluctuations and erratic, unexplained strategic moves of the company.

 

For more information from the official Mageia Linux team, visit mageia.org

 

Paul Willard - mageiausers.org founder.

This is a bugfix and maintenance update bundle that addresses various

issues in a number of packages.

* Some thread-related problems were found in the libalsa2 library

that could cause segmentation faults in some audio applications (one

example being phonon when used with gstreamer output and accessing

pulseaudio via ALSA plugin). The updated libalsa2 package contains

an upstream fix to correct this problem.

On a related note the PulseAudio package has also been updated to

include several important upstream bugfixes including:

* Much improved handling of capture stream latencies and timing

* Client side XCB implementation to replace Xlib (and thus solve some

thread-related issues).

* Support for the a52 alsa plugin when combined with an appropriate

~/.asoundrc file.

* Several bugs in the pulseaudio plugin for the GStreamer audio

framework could lead to application crashes, for instance in

pidgin. This update contains fixes for memory allocation and lock

handling of the pulseaudio plugin.

A possible double free flaw was found in the imap extension for php

(CVE-2010-4150).

A GC corrupting flaw was found in Zend/zend_gc.c for php-5.3.x that

under certain circumstances could cause a segmention fault (crash).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

Program. Please visit this link to learn more:

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The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

This advisory fixes the gpg keys parsing, which were resulting in

some warnings (bug 61636).

A possible double free flaw was found in the imap extension for php

(CVE-2010-4150).

A GC corrupting flaw was found in Zend/zend_gc.c for php-5.3.x that

under certain circumstances could case a segmention fault (crash).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

Program. Please visit this link to learn more:

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The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

A vulnerability was discovered in openssl that causes a race condition

within the TLS extension parsing code and which can be exploited to

cause a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2010-3864).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

A new version of the CGI Perl module has been released to CPAN,

which fixes several security bugs which directly affect Bugzilla

(these two security bugs where first discovered as affecting Bugzilla,

then identified as being bugs in CGI.pm itself).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

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The updated packages have been upgraded to perl-CGI 3.50 to solve

these security issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in freetype2:

An error within the "Ins_SHZ()" function in src/truetype/ttinterp.c

when handling the "SHZ" bytecode instruction can be exploited to

cause a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code via a specially

crafted font (CVE-2010-3814).

An error exists in the "ft_var_readpackedpoints()" function in

src/truetype/ttgxvar.c when processing TrueType GX fonts and can

be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially

crafted font (CVE-2010-3855).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

Program. Please visit this link to learn more:

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The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in freetype2:

An error exists in the "ft_var_readpackedpoints()" function in

src/truetype/ttgxvar.c when processing TrueType GX fonts and can

be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially

crafted font (CVE-2010-3855).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in cups:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface

in CUPS, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of

administrators for requests that change settings (CVE-2010-0540).

The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter

subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values

of certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a

denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption)

or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file (CVE-2010-0542).

The web interface in CUPS, reads uninitialized memory during handling

of form variables, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain

sensitive information from cupsd process memory via unspecified vectors

(CVE-2010-1748).

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users,

with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a

symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2)

/var/cache/cups/job.cache file (CVE-2010-2431).

ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate

memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which

allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free

and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a

crafted IPP request (CVE-2010-2941).

The updated packages have been upgraded to cups 1.3.10 and patched

to correct these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in cups:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface

in CUPS, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of

administrators for requests that change settings (CVE-2010-0540).

ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate

memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which

allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free

and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a

crafted IPP request (CVE-2010-2941).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in cups:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface

in CUPS, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of

administrators for requests that change settings (CVE-2010-0540).

The _WriteProlog function in texttops.c in texttops in the Text Filter

subsystem in CUPS before 1.4.4 does not check the return values

of certain calloc calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a

denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or heap memory corruption)

or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file (CVE-2010-0542).

The web interface in CUPS, reads uninitialized memory during handling

of form variables, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain

sensitive information from cupsd process memory via unspecified vectors

(CVE-2010-1748).

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users,

with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a

symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2)

/var/cache/cups/job.cache file (CVE-2010-2431).

ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate

memory for attribute values with invalid string data types, which

allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free

and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a

crafted IPP request (CVE-2010-2941).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

Program. Please visit this link to learn more:

http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149&products_id=490

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

This updates fixes one bug:

In file

/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/Ocsinventory/LoggerBackend/Syslog.pm

the third argument ({'USER'}) doesn't respect the

syslog protocol RFC 5424. It should be one listed in

http://perldoc.perl.org/Sys/Syslog.html#Facilities, in our case

LOG_USER.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in poppler:

The Gfx::getPos function in the PDF parser in poppler, allows

context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)

via unknown vectors that trigger an uninitialized pointer dereference

(CVE-2010-3702).

The PostScriptFunction::PostScriptFunction function in

poppler/Function.cc in the PDF parser in poppler, allows

context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)

via a PDF file that triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference

(CVE-2010-3703).

The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser

in poppler, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial

of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF

file with a crafted Type1 font that contains a negative array index,

which bypasses input validation and which triggers memory corruption

(CVE-2010-3704).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in poppler:

The Gfx::getPos function in the PDF parser in poppler, allows

context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)

via unknown vectors that trigger an uninitialized pointer dereference

(CVE-2010-3702).

The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser

in poppler, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial

of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF

file with a crafted Type1 font that contains a negative array index,

which bypasses input validation and which triggers memory corruption

(CVE-2010-3704).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

Program. Please visit this link to learn more:

http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149&products_id=490

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in kdegraphics:

The Gfx::getPos function in the PDF parser in kdegraphics, allows

context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)

via unknown vectors that trigger an uninitialized pointer dereference

(CVE-2010-3702).

The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser

in kdegraphics, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial

of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF

file with a crafted Type1 font that contains a negative array index,

which bypasses input validation and which triggers memory corruption

(CVE-2010-3704).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in xpdf:

The Gfx::getPos function in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5,

allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)

via unknown vectors that trigger an uninitialized pointer dereference

(CVE-2010-3702).

The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser

in xpdf before 3.02pl5, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a

denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF

file with a crafted Type1 font that contains a negative array index,

which bypasses input validation and which triggers memory corruption

(CVE-2010-3704).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

Program. Please visit this link to learn more:

http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149&products_id=490

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

This updates fixes two major bugs:

- applog subcription/unsubscription needed to get a thread safe usage

of applog were buggy and not thread safe themselves.

- disabling slog usage form printout level > error was not respected.

Thus is a bug and maintenance release of snort that fixes numerous

of issues such as:

* Fix installer packages to include correct version of sensitive data

preprocessor for linux and Windows

* Eliminate false positives when using fast_pattern:only and having

only one http content in the pattern matcher.

* Address false positives in FTP preprocessor with string format

verification.

This advisory provides snort v2.8.6.1 where these problems has been

resolved.

Due to bug in nss_updatedb package old BDB transaction logs were

not removed from /var/lib/misc directory, possibly filling the /var

filesystem. The fixed package corrects this bug, and will also remove

all leftover transaction logs from the system.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in proftpd:

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the mod_site_misc

module in ProFTPD before 1.3.3c allow remote authenticated users to

create directories, delete directories, create symlinks, and modify

file timestamps via directory traversal sequences in a (1) SITE

MKDIR, (2) SITE RMDIR, (3) SITE SYMLINK, or (4) SITE UTIME command

(CVE-2010-3867).

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the pr_netio_telnet_gets

function in netio.c in ProFTPD before 1.3.3c allow remote attackers

to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a TELNET IAC escape

character to a (1) FTP or (2) FTPS server (CVE-2010-4221).

Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance

Program. Please visit this link to learn more:

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The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Users who have migrated from gnote to tomboy and use online note

syncing could lose their notes. This update fixes the note parsing

to prevent data loss.