More bugs as Linux is targeted by fake security e-mail
Linux vendors have been hit by two fresh security bugs, affecting a widely used graphics decoder and the Gaim instant-messaging client.
Separately, Red Hat, the biggest Linux developer, said attackers have begun targeting Red Hat users with an email-based scam similar to methods commonly used to target Windows.
The flaws in Gaim and libtiff, used by many Linux graphics programs to decode tiff images, follow a series of serious bugs patched last week. The earlier flaws affected Linux's libpng, Xpdf and Cups components.
