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Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated w3m packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. CVE-2010-2074

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated qffmpeg package that fixes an SELinux incompatibility is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated selinux-policy packages that resolve an issue are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Kerberos is a trusted-third-party authentication system in which allows clients and servers to authenticate to each other using symmetric encryption and the trusted third party, the KDC.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated glibc packages that fix a bug in module unloading are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated firefox and xulrunner packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-2755

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated seamonkey packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-2755

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated firefox packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. CVE-2010-2755

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated sysstat package that provides several bug fixes and adds an enhancement is now available.

A Norwegian startup is assuming responsibility for maintaining an open source Web authentication technology originally developed by Sun Microsystems, and seemingly neglected by Oracle, which purchased Sun in January.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated glibc packages that fix a bug in module unloading are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated rgmanager package that fixes two bugs is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated ftp package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated glibc packages that fix three bugs are now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. CVE-2010-0887

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that resolve several issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Extended Update Support.

In his annual "State of the Onion" speech at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), Perl creator Larry Wall hinted that the long-awaited version 6 of the Perl programming language might finally be released soon. He also ruminated about the effect that Perl 6 would have, once it is released.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An updated ypserv package that fixes a bug is now available.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated mkinitrd packages that resolve an issue are now available.