Approval of announcement

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 03:13:28PM -0400, Kevin E Martin wrote:
> X11R6.8.1 Release of the X Window System
> 
> X.Org Foundation Releases Security Update
> For X Window System Version X11R6.8.0
> 
> Brookline MA, September 17, 2004 - The X.Org Foundation today announced
> the release of an update for the X Window System, which addresses the
> possible security vulnerability announced on September 15, 2004.  The
> security advisory, which includes a description of the issue, can be
> found here:
> 
> http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch
> 
> This bug affects all known versions and releases of the X Window System,
> whether from X.Org or other vendors.  Therefore, users are strongly
> recommended to upgrade.
> 
> Pre-release source tar files and a patch were made available shortly
> after the security advisory was released, which contained the security
> fix plus some preliminary documentation.  The X.Org Foundation has now
> updated the source tar files and patch with the complete documentation
> and the updated release version and dates strings, and has made them
> available for download from http://www.X.Org and X.Org mirror sites
> worldwide.

Go nuts.

:) d

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Daniel Stone                                            <daniel at freedesktop.org>
freedesktop.org: powering your desktop                http://www.freedesktop.org
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