On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Updated packages have been posted for testing:
>
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/i386/
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/testing/x86_64/
>
> The pending SL 6.9 security errata has been posted for testing.
>
> If critical bugs are not reported before April 5 2017, these packages
> will be released as security errata.
>
> NOTE: This also includes an update to the Xorg libraries which appear
>       to contain fixes for CVE-2016-7944 in libXfixes (SLBA-2017-0807).
>       As a result, the XServer is updated to 1.17.4
>       for all SL 6 releases.
>
>
> You can install this update for testing via the sl-testing repo on
> your SL system:
>   yum --enablerepo=sl-testing update <package you wish to test>

Ran some quick test and updated an SL 6.8 x86_64 system. No issues encountered.

Akemi