On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 10:57 -0700, norm wrote: > On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:40:49 -0500 > Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 19:58 -0700, norm wrote: > > > On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:11:24 +0800 > > > Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > norm wrote: > > > > > I recently ran a security scan on my system and the result in > > > > > part was The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory > > > > > FEDORA-2006-172 (xorg-x11-server). It advises me to update my > > > > > system using the latest from Fedora. To the best of my > > > > > knowledge I am running a fully patched system with > > > > > 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5. This is a vulnerability that I understand to > > > > > have been around for a while and I assume in the intervening 6 > > > > > months or so it has been patched. Does anyone know if this > > > > > vulnerability is a false positive? > > > > > > > > Is your xorg-x11-server-Xorg 1.0.1-9.fc5.5? > > > > > > > Ed > > > How do I find out if it is? From what I can figure out it is not, > > > but that is only a guess. > > > > > If you have been doing the routine yum updates then it 'should' be up > > to date. > > > > To check it run "rpm -qa xorg-x11-serv\* " and it will tell you what > > versions all the x11 servers are. Mine are > > $ rpm -qa xorg-x11-serv\* > > xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.0.1-9.fc5.5 > > xorg-x11-server-utils-1.0.1-1.2 > > xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.0.1-9.fc5.5 > > xorg-x11-server-sdk-1.0.1-9.fc5.5 > > xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.0.1-9.fc5.5 > > > > > I catch is I have been yum updates are run regularly. It is because > yum runs regularly that I am surprised it is not uptodate. Other > applications etc are updated regularly by the same process and I assume > are uptodate. > # rpm -qa xorg-x11-serv\* > xorg-x11-server-utils-1.0.1-1.2 > xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.0.1-9.fc5.5 > Both those are up to date. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
