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version 1.265, 1998/05/15 14:18:34 version 1.266, 1998/05/17 20:13:47
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 <li>Fix a bunch of scanf related buffer overflows.  <li>Fix a bunch of scanf related buffer overflows.
 <li>Compile the system with <strong>-O2</strong> instead of <strong>-O</strong>.  <li>Compile the system with <strong>-O2</strong> instead of <strong>-O</strong>.
 <li>Start cron at the end of /etc/rc to avoid some security issues.  <li>Start cron at the end of /etc/rc to avoid some security issues.
   <li>Correct 64 bit timeval storage in ping(8) packets; also put the time in
           network byte order.
   <li>In mount_nfs(8), contact the portmapper about the correct protocol (tcp or udp).
   <li>Fix buffer overflows in getNAME(1).
   <li>Fix acct(2) to work with append-only files.
   <li>Fix a memory trashing bug in the IPSEC SPI chain delete function.
   <li>Fix a free() related bug in csh(1).
   <li><font color=#e00000><strong>Constrain how kill(2) operates against target
           processes that are running setuid.  The previous unrestricted
           behaviour may have had security consequences.
           <a href=errata.html#kill>A patch exists which solves the
           problem</a></strong></font>.
   <li>In gdb, do not use 4.3 compatibility tty ioctl() calls.
 </ul>  </ul>
   
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