Fedora 16 updates-testing report

updates at fedoraproject.org updates at fedoraproject.org
Thu Nov 8 02:06:11 UTC 2012


The following Fedora 16 Security updates need testing:
 Age  URL
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17376/seamonkey-2.13.2-1.fc16
  47  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-14452/bacula-5.0.3-33.fc16
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17388/kdelibs-4.8.5-2.fc16
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17408/xen-4.1.3-3.fc16
  20  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16415/389-ds-base-1.2.10.16-1.fc16
   5  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17482/plib-1.8.5-8.fc16
   4  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17588/catdoc-0.94.2-10.fc16
   4  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17553/libproxy-0.4.10-1.fc16
   4  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17561/cumin-0.1.5522-3.fc16
 125  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10314/revelation-0.4.14-1.fc16
  45  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-14654/tor-0.2.2.39-1600.fc16
  26  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16032/cobbler-2.4.0-beta2.fc16
   0  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17746/libsocialweb-0.25.21-1.fc16
   0  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17745/icedtea-web-1.3.1-1.fc16
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17291/thunderbird-16.0.2-1.fc16


The following Fedora 16 Critical Path updates have yet to be approved:
 Age URL
   0  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17746/libsocialweb-0.25.21-1.fc16
   0  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17755/NetworkManager-0.9.6.4-1.fc16
   0  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17751/kernel-3.6.6-1.fc16
   0  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17766/coreutils-8.12-8.fc16
   1  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17660/gnutls-2.12.14-4.fc16
   4  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17572/libfm-1.1.0-1.fc16,pcmanfm-1.1.0-1.fc16
   4  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17553/libproxy-0.4.10-1.fc16
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17403/fuse-2.8.7-2.fc16
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17388/kdelibs-4.8.5-2.fc16
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17291/thunderbird-16.0.2-1.fc16
   7  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17316/xdg-utils-1.1.0-0.14.20120809git.fc16
   8  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17192/qt-4.8.3-7.fc16
  11  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-17029/mdadm-3.2.6-1.fc16
The following builds have been pushed to Fedora 16 updates-testing

    NetworkManager-0.9.6.4-1.fc16
    coreutils-8.12-8.fc16
    drupal6-mobile_tools-2.7-1.fc16
    gnuplot-4.4.3-4.fc16
    icedtea-web-1.3.1-1.fc16
    icewm-1.3.7-7.fc16
    kernel-3.6.6-1.fc16
    libsocialweb-0.25.21-1.fc16
    perl-Class-Inspector-1.28-1.fc16
    perl-File-Find-Rule-Perl-1.13-1.fc16
    python-py9p-1.0.5-1.fc16
    rpmlint-1.4-11.fc16

Details about builds:


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 NetworkManager-0.9.6.4-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17755)
 Network connection manager and user applications
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Update Information:

Update to upstream 0.9.6.4 stable release.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Oct 30 2012 Jiří Klimeš <jklimes at redhat.com> - 0.9.6.4-1
- Updated to stable upstream release 0.9.6.4
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 coreutils-8.12-8.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17766)
 A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
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Update Information:

- fix support for ecryptfs mount of "Private" in su (#722323)
- cp: avoid data-corrupting free-memory-read (upstream fix)
- multibyte fixes in cut and expand (by M.Briza, #821260)
- fix the tcsh colorls.csh behaviour in non-interactive
  mode (#804604)
- add virtual provides for bundled(gnulib) copylib (#821748)
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Nov  5 2012 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik at redhat.com> - 8.12-8
- fix support for ecryptfs mount of "Private" in su (#722323)
- cp: avoid data-corrupting free-memory-read (upstream fix)
- multibyte fixes in cut and expand (by M.Briza, #821260)
- fix the tcsh colorls.csh behaviour in non-interactive
  mode (#804604)
- add virtual provides for bundled(gnulib) copylib (#821748)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #722323 - /etc/pam.d/su does not support ecryptfs mount of "Private"
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722323
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 drupal6-mobile_tools-2.7-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17759)
 The Mobile Tools provides some tools to assist in making a site mobile
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Update Information:

New upstream version, http://drupal.org/node/1832698.
New upstream version, http://drupal.org/node/1819836.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov  6 2012 Peter Borsa <peter.borsa at gmail.com> - 2.7-1
- New upstream version
* Fri Nov  2 2012 Peter Borsa <peter.borsa at gmail.com> - 2.6-1
- New upstream version
* Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.3-4
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.3-3
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #873561 - drupal6-mobile_tools-2.7 is available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873561
  [ 2 ] Bug #831519 - drupal6-mobile_tools-2.6 is available
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=831519
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 gnuplot-4.4.3-4.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17757)
 A program for plotting mathematical expressions and data
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Update Information:

This update fixes two segmentation faults.
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ChangeLog:

* Sun Nov  6 2011 Peter Schiffer <pschiffe at redhat.com> 4.4.3-4
- resolves: #759964
  fixed sigsegv in exec_cmd() function
- resolves: #812225
  fixed sigsegv in process_event() function
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #759964 - [abrt] gnuplot-common-4.4.3-3.fc16: exec_cmd: Process /usr/libexec/gnuplot/4.4/gnuplot_x11 was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=759964
  [ 2 ] Bug #812225 - [abrt] gnuplot-common-4.4.3-3.fc16: process_event: Process /usr/libexec/gnuplot/4.4/gnuplot_x11 was killed by signal 11 (SIGSEGV)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812225
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 icedtea-web-1.3.1-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17745)
 Java browser plug-in and Web Start implementation
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Update Information:

This updates a recently found heap buffer overflow issue in IcedTea web. It fixes:

CVE-2012-4540 icedtea-web: IcedTeaScriptableJavaObject::invoke off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Nov  7 2012 Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> 1.3.1-1
- Resolves: RH869040/CVE-2012-4540
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 icewm-1.3.7-7.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17750)
 Light and configurable window manager
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Update Information:

* Tue Nov 6 2012 Gilboa Davara <gilboad[AT]gmail.com> - 1.3.7-7
- Updated clearlooks package (#811331).
- (Blunder alert) Finally pushes gnome-icon-theme change to stable (#811335).
- (Blunder alert / 2) Should also fix missing F18 dependencies (#858712).

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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov  6 2012 Gilboa Davara <gilboad[AT]gmail.com> - 1.3.7-7
- Updated clearlooks package (#811331).
- (Blunder alert) Finally pushes gnome-icon-theme change to stable.
* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.7-6
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
* Sun Jun 10 2012 Gilboa Davara <gilboad[AT]gmail.com> - 1.3.7-5
- Bluecurve is still used for menu generation.
- "Rebuild program menu" menu entry added.
* Sun Jun 10 2012 Gilboa Davara <gilboad[AT]gmail.com> - 1.3.7-4
- Emacs replaced fixes (BZ #805939, Ported Debian fix).
- Use gnome-icon-theme instead of bluecurve (BZ #811335).
- Gcc 4.7 compile fix.
- spec cleanup.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #811331 - Update to the icewm-clearlooks theme
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811331
  [ 2 ] Bug #811335 - update the icon theme from bluecurve to gnome
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811335
  [ 3 ] Bug #858712 - icewm-xdgmenu missing dependency
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858712
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 kernel-3.6.6-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17751)
 The Linux kernel
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Update Information:

The 3.6.6 stable update includes a number of important fixes, including the fix for the ext4 corruption bug that most users wouldn't see anyway.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Nov  5 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes at redhat.com> 3.6.6-1
- Linux 3.6.6
* Thu Nov  1 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes at redhat.com> 3.6.5-3
- Drop unhandled irq patch. (rhbz 845211)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #845211 - (ASM108x) "IRQ might be stuck.  Polling" causes dropouts on PCI DVB card
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=845211
  [ 2 ] Bug #848149 - i82975x_edac dereferencing garbage in i82975x_init_csrows
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848149
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 libsocialweb-0.25.21-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17746)
 A social network data aggregator
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Update Information:

CVE-2012-4511: libsocialweb untrusted connection to flickr

The libsocialweb library is prone to a security vulnerability that allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to gain access to sensitive information or modify the integrity of user accounts. Other attacks are also possible. 

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ChangeLog:

* Tue Oct 16 2012 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at fedoraproject.org> 0.25.21-1
- update to 0.25.21. Fixes CVE-2012-4511, RHBZ 865126
* Thu Jul 19 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.25.20-4
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
* Wed Mar  7 2012 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at fedoraproject.org> - 0.25.20-3
- fix gnome-keyring deps
* Fri Jan 13 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.25.20-2
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #863206 - CVE-2012-4511 libsocialweb: connects with flickr server without user permission
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=863206
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 perl-Class-Inspector-1.28-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17765)
 Get information about a class and its structure
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Update Information:

 
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov  6 2012 Ralf Corsépius <corsepiu at fedoraproject.org> - 1.28-1
- Upstream update.
- Spec file modernization.
- Fix perl_bootstrap handling.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #873715 - FTBS perl-Class-Inspector is missing dependency
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873715
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 perl-File-Find-Rule-Perl-1.13-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17754)
 Common rules for searching for Perl things
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Update Information:

 
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Nov  7 2012 Ralf Corsépius <corsepiu at fedoraproject.org> - 1.13-1
- Revert parts of previous changes.
- Upstream update.
* Tue Oct 23 2012 Petr Šabata <contyk at redhat.com> - 1.12-6
- Specify all dependencies
- Modernize specfile
- Drop command macros
- Fix mixed whitespace
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 python-py9p-1.0.5-1.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17747)
 Pure Python implementation of 9P protocol (Plan9)
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Update Information:

Package version update
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Nov  7 2012 Peter V. Saveliev <peet at redhat.com> 1.0.5-1
- fuse9p subpackage added (beta)
- pki authentication fixed
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 rpmlint-1.4-11.fc16 (FEDORA-2012-17780)
 Tool for checking common errors in RPM packages
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Update Information:

Add missing Requires: %{_bindir}/groff to ensure man-page checks work properly.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov  6 2012 Tom Callaway <spot at fedoraproject.org> - 1.4-11
- add Requires: /usr/bin/groff for man page checks (bz 873448)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #873448 - Missing groff-base dependency
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873448
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