Slackware alert SSA:2005-242-03 (gaim)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] gaim (SSA:2005-242-03) | |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:54:29 -0700 (PDT) |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gaim (SSA:2005-242-03) New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix some security issues. including: AIM/ICQ away message buffer overflow AIM/ICQ non-UTF-8 filename crash Gadu-Gadu memory alignment bug Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. 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=CAN-2005-2103 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2102 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2370 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.5.0. This fixes some more security issues. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2103 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2102 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2370 (* 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: 676bad766cfddb50c7453554d66b1748 gaim-1.5.0-i386-1.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: d2cc0baba627ba9dbf3f218bdeacc630 gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 98d55471ed0a2f9def7fcded90860839 gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: bc6891f4acb22530c472218f5d9493fb gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz Slackware -current package: b9a55d4359183b81e1150bea6e13b61e gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gaim-1.5.0-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) iD8DBQFDFNCBakRjwEAQIjMRArZZAJ9RmbC3zGYZmy1cBHKaonYrNgWCEwCeOWVR s8fTIqjn6H0InzA5FOlyCr0= =kagl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----