Slackware alert SSA:2007-093-03 (qt)

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[slackware-security]  qt (SSA:2007-093-03)
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Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:23:35 -0700 (PDT)

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[slackware-security]  qt (SSA:2007-093-03)

New qt packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to
fix a 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-2007-0242


Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/qt-3.3.8-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz:
  Patched an issue where the Qt UTF 8 decoder may in some instances fail to
  reject overlong sequences, possibly allowing "/../" path injection or XSS
  errors.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0242
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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:
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Slackware 10.2 package:
793d29a0b2ace2baf44a3f71ac9a7879  qt-3.3.4-i486-4_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0 package:
4c1a3f1c9095156a57f5292e4cb73673  qt-3.3.8-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware -current package:
e8be820d81d7d3486ed9e210500a5e06  qt-3.3.8-i486-3.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg qt-3.3.8-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz


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