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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2003-02-10 10:51:41 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2003-02-10 10:51:41 +0000 |
| commit | 5a5e30b45acbdbe799cd4460ffef50294c538a06 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b8bc131f2757a6e79a3a6cb232b31cd67f96205 /NEWS | |
| parent | 83959f3c336e63afae5f781c384d840690cae5ac (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-5a5e30b45acbdbe799cd4460ffef50294c538a06.tar.gz | |
Change the installer to use mtools instead of trying to play games
with mounting the filesystem.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ Starting with 1.47, changes marked with SYSLINUX/PXELINUX/ISOLINUX apply to that specific program only; other changes apply to all of them. +Changes in 2.02: + * SYSLINUX: Security flaws have been found in the SYSLINUX + installer when running setuid root. Rewrite the SYSLINUX + installer so it uses mtools instead. It therefore now + requires mtools (specifically mcopy and mattrib) to exist on + your system, but it will not require root privileges and + SHOULD NOT be setuid. + Changes in 2.01: * MEMDISK: Fix memory sizing bug when the ramdisk crosses the 16 MB boundary. |