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Slackware alert SSA:2009-345-01 (gimp)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] gimp (SSA:2009-345-01)
Date:  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:36:49 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.1.10.0912112236330.6807@bob.slackware.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gimp (SSA:2009-345-01) New gimp packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1570 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3909 Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/gimp-2.6.8-i486-1_slack13.0.txz: Upgraded. This fixes integer overflows in the image handling plugins that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code or an application crash if a malicious image is loaded. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1570 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3909 (* 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 directly 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 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.1 package: 1f4e02babc22fb6ac3fc84b1c118d72b gimp-2.4.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: b7c63449db64c9d1511b2080d323ed49 gimp-2.4.7-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: b1921dfa3606ebc2ebc19a62e509dc71 gimp-2.6.8-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 0a9592c74c7de560c572e74345677343 gimp-2.6.8-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware -current package: fcf74c662164e4d9e2f1040e8d2520c6 gimp-2.6.8-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 35afac41e102725a4d10ece7e7d93366 gimp-2.6.8-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gimp-2.6.8-i486-1_slack13.0.txz +-----+ 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 v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAksjLbUACgkQakRjwEAQIjOG4ACeMHkhC/E13v+AIvhjAS859PMF hWIAnRUqM/teEGHH8u1e7q4x2ph4sO7f =5bPW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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