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Slackware 10.0: SSA:2005-203-02 High: Kdenetwork Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2005
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent updates to kdenetwork for Slackware resolve critical vulnerabilities associated with libgadu, preventing potential denial of service and unauthorized code execution.
New kdenetwork packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/kdenetwork-3.3.2-i486-2.tgz: Patched overflows in libgadu (used by kopete) that can cause a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. For more information, see: https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt (* Security fix *)

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/kdenetwork-3.2.3-i486-2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/kdenetwork-3.3.2-i486-2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.0 package: 762d2d871cf71af4f0c3d2d34e4d4578 kdenetwork-3.2.3-i486-2.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: 3a80c2d6f891d5592bd25e1ba2bbae96 kdenetwork-3.3.2-i486-2.tgz
Slackware -current package: a5a3ef3a86735d31b9fda746161d12f3 kdenetwork-3.4.1-i486-2.tgz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg kdenetwork-3.3.2-i486-2.tgz

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