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DSA 1184 corrections



Hi,

I applied the following patch to CVS and hope I did it right. But I have
one problem understanding the text:

Index: dsa-1184.wml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/security/2006/dsa-1184.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- dsa-1184.wml	29 Sep 2006 19:01:15 -0000	1.5
+++ dsa-1184.wml	2 Oct 2006 17:35:13 -0000	1.6
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <define-tag description>several vulnerabilities</define-tag>
 <define-tag moreinfo>
-<p>This advisory covers the S/390 components of the recent security
+<p>This advisory covers the S/390 component of the recent security

("was" in the next line is singular)

 update for the Linux 2.6.8 kernel that was missing due to technical
 problems. For reference below please see the original advisory text.</p>

Please explain "For reference below".

Maybe: "For references to the text below " or just "For reference "?

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
     <p>Diego Calleja Garcia discovered a buffer overflow in the DVD
     handling code that could be exploited by a specially crafted DVD
-    or USB storage device to execute arbitrary code.</p></li>
+    USB storage device to execute arbitrary code.</p></li>
 
 <li><a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2936";>CVE-2006-2936</a>
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 <li><a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4093";>CVE-2006-4093</a>
 
-    <p>Olof Johansson discovered that the kernel did not disable the HID0
+    <p>Olof Johansson discovered that the kernel does not disable the HID0
     bit on PowerPC 970 processors which could be exploited by a local
     attacker to cause a denial of service.</p></li>
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 <li><a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4535";>CVE-2006-4535</a>
 
     <p>David Miller reported a problem with the fix for <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3745";>CVE-2006-3745</a>
-    that allows local users to crash the system using via an SCTP
+    that allows local users to crash the system via an SCTP
     socket with a certain SO_LINGER value.</p></li>
 
 </ul>
@@ -172,4 +172,4 @@
 
 # do not modify the following line
 #include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/security/2006/dsa-1184.data"
-# $Id: dsa-1184.wml,v 1.5 2006/09/29 19:01:15 toddy Exp $
+# $Id: dsa-1184.wml,v 1.6 2006/10/02 17:35:13 jseidel Exp $

Jens



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