Umm, yes and no. Kernel 2.2.15-3 is patched against those
vulnerabilities. 2.2.15-2 and previous are not.

>From what I've read, 2.2.16 was kinda rushed, and 2.2.17 (once out of
Pre) will be considered the better way to go.

Cheers,
 Corey Popelier
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Rogerio Brito wrote:

> On Jul 04 2000, ktb wrote:
> > I'm guessing the source is on your disk but you can get kernels from --
> > http://www.kernel.org/
> 
>       Don't use that site. Use ftp://ftp.xx.kernel.org/ instead
>       (where xx is your country code) to let the community mirror it
>       faster.
> 
>       In the same way, don't use ftp.debian.org. Use some mirror
>       like ftp.xx.debian.org.
> 
> > if I remember right there are some security issues with 2.2.14 so
> > you should get a more recent kernel than that.  I think 2.2.16 is
> > fixed.
> 
>       Actually, 2.2.15 also has the vulnerability. So 2.2.16 is
>       indeed recommended.
> 
> 
>       []s, Roger...
> 
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