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Slackware alert SSA:2007-085-02 (libwpd)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libwpd (SSA:2007-085-02) New libwpd packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues. 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-2007-0002 Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz: Upgraded to libwpd-0.8.9. Various overflows may lead to application crashes upon opening a specially crafted WordPerfect file. This vulnerability could also conceivably be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0002 (* 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 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.2 package: 3e571dca7151b9d95ebc11f76f97d880 libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: 1f9c766f470191a3f6e72bed4c510fb2 libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware -current package: a1b28a0d8501644516ffa702d18934d1 libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack11.0.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 v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGCICMakRjwEAQIjMRAisaAJ9Rl400ObeQyvxo7/X9Wmjacx9IcQCfRRUs lR77L5CIH6g91YiO64kIF9I= =RPrk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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