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Slackware 10.1: SSA:2005-111-04 Low: Pidgin Memory Leak Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2005
Scroller Slackware Esm H88
New GAIM updates for Slackware released, tackling critical vulnerabilities, please ensure your system is upgraded.
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix several security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.2.1. According to gaim.sf.net, this fixes a few denial-of-service flaws. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service slackware gaim

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 10.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 9.0 package: 630bced584023b81372126df5eb03eb5 gaim-1.2.1-i386-1.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package: 4c3f57658bf1371230b35e63967800d5 gaim-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.0 package: b8a6585f6e3cd90d8324b49c8399d8dc gaim-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: 1d58b6f3e5b202152b0b7dc968b0c6f5 gaim-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: d4d07ba8e57b0fe2b45c8eb1109e9fbc gaim-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service slackware gaim

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gaim-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz