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Red Hat 7.3 RHSA-2003:264-01 Critical: GtkHTML Null Pointer Crash

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2003
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Upgraded GtkHTML components from Red Hat tackle issues arising from null pointer exceptions within the Evolution mail functionality, leading to enhanced security protocols.
Alan Cox discovered that certain malformed messages could causethe Evolution mail component to crash due to a null pointer dereference inthe GtkHTML library.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly from the RHN website:



5. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:


i386:



Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:


i386:



Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:


i386:





6. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name ef522c1e68fbfe0f0ca30dd492f92c15 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.2-1.1.src.rpm fd859735eb447b91951f0437d70f80ba 7.3/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.0.2-1.1.i386.rpm 23fb9ebaa16ce56fa654f0d4b07d4b33 7.3/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.0.2-1.1.i386.rpm 23c388db561ce5501d71e830e54dff12 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.0.4-3.1.src.rpm fa96b2f741be2eef82b7e92320f8e446 8.0/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.0.4-3.1.i386.rpm 28cb3e1ae90ff3871c21bcf84e2f29e4 8.0/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.0.4-3.1.i386.rpm d4b46f1f6c36d5209e6578ece270e3b6 9/en/os/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.1.9-0.9.1.src.rpm a392b6bcca7ae45fe60a2e493236eae4 9/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-1.1.9-0.9.1.i386.rpm b8a1e111dd039723fb01dc1d983e9d73 9/en/os/i386/gtkhtml-devel-1.1.9-0.9.1.i386.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key is available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm --checksig -v

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:

md5sum


Summary

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:264-01
Issue date: 2003-09-09
Updated on: 2003-09-09
Product: Red Hat Linux
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Obsoletes: RHSA-2003:126

Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386

Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386

Red Hat Linux 9 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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