Changes in KaarPux version 4.8.1

KaarPux version 4.8.1 released on 2015-jan-12

  • Linux kernel version 3.18.2
  • Many packages updated - including security updates
  • Many bug fixes - including security fixes
  • Minor Changes and Documentation Changes

Linux kernel version 3.18.2

Many packages updated - including security updates

  • UPD: libtool: v 2.4.4 (Commit 5ea423f7)
  • UPD: Python2: v 2.7.9 (Commit 1080f944)
  • UPD: systemd: v 218 (Commit 462e0400)
  • UPD: systemtap: v 2.7-0.117.g8ccd746013fa (Commit 1c4a33f9)
  • UPD: cmake: 3.1.0 (Commit da8fbdb9)
  • UPD: curl: v 7.39.0 (Commit 868b7544)
  • UPD: git: v 2.2.1 (Commit 78c8c9a5)
  • UPD: gnutls: v 3.3.11 (Commit 47166485)
  • UPD: gpgme: v 1.5.3 (Commit 3ff80742)
  • UPD: libgpg-error: v 1.17 (Commit e4799862)
  • UPD: libdrm: v 2.4.58 (Commit 35f64bba)
  • UPD: libpng: v 1.6.15 (Commit 5116b049)
  • UPD: MesaLib: v 10.3.5 (Commit 70513bf1)
  • UPD: NetworkManager network-manager-applet: v 1.0.0 (Commit c6368c90)
  • UPD: qemu: v 2.2.0 (Commit 49340dc0)
  • UPD: WebKit2: v 2.7.3 (Commit 43f00c99)
  • UPD: xcb-util-image xcb-util-keysyms xcb-util: update to latest version (Commit 2f1a788a)
  • UPD: xf86-input-wacom: v 0.27.0 (Commit f643d00d)
  • UPD: xf86-video-ati: v 7.5.0 (Commit 78f2e3eb)
  • UPD: xf86-video-qxl: v 0.1.3 (Commit bd18e2a8)
  • UPD: xkeyboard-config: v 2.13 (Commit 063748dc)
  • UPD: xf86-input-evdev xf86-video-nouveau xf86-video-intel: updated to latest version (Commit f03f3242)
  • UPD: xinit xkbcomp: updated to latest version (Commit 18f31f82)
  • UPD: xorg-server: v 1.16.3 (Commit ba528c25)
  • UPD: wget: v 1.16.1 (Commit f982cbb5)
  • UPD: xz: v 5.2.0 (Commit 3891ce17)
  • UPD: binutils: v 2.25 (Commit a5941e19)
  • UPD: openssl: v 1.0.1k (Commit 5bd8b171)
  • UPD: glibc: v 2.20-480-g46abb64 (Commit a10cdf00)
  • UPD: elfutils: v 0.161 (Commit a3901fd6)

Many bug fixes - including security fixes

  • FIX: libtool: patch for failing ltdl dryrun (Commit 414f71a7)
  • FIX: icedtea7: upstream changeset 7682:74a70385c21d (Commit 3f06806b)
  • FIX: jasper: patch multiple vulnerabilities (Commit d423363c)
  • FIX: unzip: patch CVE-2014-8139 CVE-2014-8140 CVE-2014-8141 (Commit 4043c78e)
  • FIX: yaml: patch CVE-2014-9130 (Commit 8e8c259e)
  • FIX: firefox: patch to avoid segfault (Commit 20820c5e)
  • FIX: gnome-control-center: patch to work with NetworkManager 1.0 (Commit f169514e)
  • FIX: systemtap: Update dentry.stp to handle more kernels, especially 3.18 (Commit 953e18bc)
  • FIX: elfutils: Fix dir traversal vuln in ar extraction (CVE-2014-9447) (Commit 012fc8c4)
  • FIX: exiv2: patch for CVE-2014-9449 (Commit 6cf69937)

Minor Changes and Documentation Changes

  • FIX: WebKit1: correct upstream version check (Commit 192905b6)
  • MINOR: bash-completion: temporarily disable check (Commit fcfe6168)
  • MINOR: wget: temporarily disable check (Commit 9e3817ab)
  • MINOR: util-linux: Need TERM=xterm to avoid FAILED (more/regexp) (Commit ac322678)
  • MINOR: KxBuild: improve build sequence in beginning of bootstrap_8 (Commit 1c48c064)
  • MINOR: adwaita-icon-theme: use upstream_gnome instead of upstream_gnome_uneven for version check (Commit 349248ba)
  • MINOR: codelite: temporarily disabled (Commit 15acffdd, 2c30f0c9)
  • IMPROVE: man-db: install setuid to (new) user ‘man’ (Commit b94fee1a)
  • IMPROVE: dangerous_install_remote: use rsync; better options; minor improvements (Commit b91880f7)
  • IMPROVE: kx_cve: check CVEs for 2015 (Commit 27960d87)
  • DOC: KaarPux: removed duplicates in CVE info (Commit 37eb069f)
  • DOC: KaarPux: updated CVE info (Commit aa4ab898, dcc1a837)