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Slackware 10.0: 2004-296-01 Critical: Gaim Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2004
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent gaim updates have been released for Slackware to address a critical buffer overflow vulnerability. It's recommended to upgrade to ensure your system's security.
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a buffer overflow in the MSN protocol

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.0.2 and gaim-encryption-2.32. A buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for GAIM 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and may allow the execution of arbitrary code. For more details, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2004-0891 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

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Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 9.0 package: 1a5f3b8edcf6ceceefea4e23cc177509 gaim-1.0.2-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package: 52273586aefcd5b72db8b455fb4b7790 gaim-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package: f40eebc81b21b3503be5fc721bcd893f gaim-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: b459d1f10c35d3e4df78a3e47dbc693a gaim-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gaim-1.0.2-i486-1.tgz

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