diff --git a/STABLE/changelog.txt b/STABLE/changelog.txt
index 84220d178..d7939c080 100644
--- a/STABLE/changelog.txt
+++ b/STABLE/changelog.txt
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ Changes since 1.4.9
 17) Implement Sean Mathews's fix for Proxy ARP/IPSEC.
 
 18) Update rfc1918.
+
+19) Fix local exploit vulnerability.
+
+20) Hack security fix so that it works under Slackware.
diff --git a/STABLE/functions b/STABLE/functions
index 73990d0d3..eb0e232d2 100644
--- a/STABLE/functions
+++ b/STABLE/functions
@@ -247,14 +247,14 @@ mktempdir() {
     [ -z "$MKTEMP" ] && find_mktemp   
      
     case "$MKTEMP" in
-	BSD)
-	    mktemp -d /tmp/shorewall.XXXXXX
-	    ;;
 	STD)
 	    mktemp -td shorewall.XXXXXX
 	    ;;
-	None)
-	    mkdir /tmp/shorewall-$$ && echo /tmp/shorewall-$$
+	None|BSD)
+	    #
+	    # Not all versions of the BSD mktemp support the -d option under Linux
+	    #
+	    mkdir /tmp/shorewall-$$ && chmod 700 /tmp/shorewall-$$ && echo /tmp/shorewall-$$
 	    ;;
 	*)
 	    echo "   ERROR:Internal error in mktempdir"
diff --git a/STABLE/releasenotes.txt b/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
index a389888df..64fabfa1e 100644
--- a/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/STABLE/releasenotes.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ Problems Corrected since version 1.4.9:
 
 13. The rfc1918 file has been updated.
 
+14. An exploitable vulnerability that allows local non-root users to 
+    cause arbitrary files to be overwritten has been eliminated.
+
+15) The security vulnerability fix failed under Slackware 9.1. 
+
 Migration Issues:
 
 None.
diff --git a/STABLE2/changelog.txt b/STABLE2/changelog.txt
index 6efec2b36..d7e984a78 100644
--- a/STABLE2/changelog.txt
+++ b/STABLE2/changelog.txt
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ Changes since 2.0.2
 17) Fix bogus code in process_tc_rule()
 
 18) Fix security vulnerability involving temporary files/directories.
+
+19) Hack security fix so that it works under Slackware.
diff --git a/STABLE2/functions b/STABLE2/functions
index e8aa7d942..55a971171 100755
--- a/STABLE2/functions
+++ b/STABLE2/functions
@@ -407,20 +407,20 @@ mktempdir() {
     [ -z "$MKTEMP" ] && find_mktemp   
      
     case "$MKTEMP" in
-	BSD)
-	    mktemp -d /tmp/shorewall.XXXXXX
-	    ;;
 	STD)
 	    mktemp -td shorewall.XXXXXX
 	    ;;
-	None)
-	    mkdir /tmp/shorewall-$$ && echo /tmp/shorewall-$$
+	None|BSD)
+	    #
+	    # Not all versions of the BSD mktemp support the -d option under Linux
+	    #
+	    mkdir /tmp/shorewall-$$ && chmod 700 /tmp/shorewall-$$ && echo /tmp/shorewall-$$
 	    ;;
 	*)
 	    echo "   ERROR:Internal error in mktempdir"
 	    ;;
 	esac
-}	
+}		
 
 #
 # Read a file and handle "INCLUDE" directives
diff --git a/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt b/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt
index e987cbd4b..78ff239bd 100644
--- a/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/STABLE2/releasenotes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Shorewall 2.0.3
+Shorewall 2.0.3b
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Problems Corrected since 2.0.2
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Problems Corrected since 2.0.3
 2)  A potential security vulnerablilty in the way that Shorewall
     handles temporary files and directories has been corrected.
 
+3) The security vulnerability fix failed under Slackware 9.1. 
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Issues when migrating from Shorewall 2.0.2 to Shorewall 2.0.3: