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Slackware alert SSA:2005-133-01 (gaim)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] gaim (SSA:2005-133-01)
Date:  Fri, 13 May 2005 16:27:56 -0700 (PDT)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gaim (SSA:2005-133-01) New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix several security issues. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.3.0. This fixes a few bugs which could be used by a remote attacker to annoy a GAIM user by crashing GAIM and creating a denial of service. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patch... Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 9.0 package: e8f9ed5245990d88dbef5b0640af2eee gaim-1.3.0-i386-1.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: 25e32a6851976048528c63c7d240a734 gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: a24776046686c2833fb2598118e7cde5 gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 27320885030a0f908cb7a399cc502d1d gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz Slackware -current package: 71167bc9de45b78a07fde6bd955fecf2 gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFChQXyakRjwEAQIjMRAmDrAJ41WKSx6pNGt/FCmIHXdfttDdcR4wCfR3nJ G4WI+4P0wGqBbJQN6qPMUoI= =38Cx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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