Slackware alert SSA:2006-207-03 (gimp)

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[slackware-security]  gimp (SSA:2006-207-03)
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Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:25:29 -0700 (PDT)

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[slackware-security]  gimp (SSA:2006-207-03)

New gimp packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to
fix a possible security issue.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404


Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/gimp-2.2.12-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gimp-2.2.12.
  This release fixes a security hole in the XCF parser.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

HINT:  Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try.  This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patc...

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s...


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.2 package:
e9d7e6e4dd16714e6a6c728821f2cc38  gimp-2.2.12-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware -current package:
c673c5e501392bdfc2c938b880e0860b  gimp-2.2.12-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg gimp-2.2.12-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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