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The releases of SCO UNIX (3.2v4.2) and Open Desktop (3.0) has the
following security patches available:

     uod368b -- passwd
     oda377a -- xterm, scoterm, scosession, clean_screen

These can be downloaded from ftp.sco.com:/SLS. First get the file "info"
which lists the actual filenames and descriptions of the supplements.

Security problems were made aware by 8LGM in the following programs for SCO:

   * at(C)
   * login(M)
   * prwarn(C)
   * sadc(ADM)
   * pt_chmod

These programs, which allowed regular users to become SuperUser (root),
affect the following SCO Products:

   * SCO Unix System V/386 Release 3.2 Versions 4.2, 4.1, and 4.0
   * SCO Open Desktop Lite Release 3.0
   * SCO Open Desktop Release 3.0 and 2.0
   * SCO Open Server Network System Release 3.0
   * SCO Open Server Enterprise System Release 3.0

You need the following patches which are available at ftp.sco.com:/SSE:

     Binary             Patch
     ------             ------
     at(C)              sse001
     login(M)           sse002
     prwarn(C)          sse003
     sadc(ADM)          sse004
     pt_chmod           sse005

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