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Slackware: 2005-242-03 Moderate: Gaim Buffer Overflow and Crash Issues

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2005
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Gaim software versions refreshed for Slackware to mitigate AIM/ICQ buffer overflow vulnerabilities and various other concerns; update advised.
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix some security issues

Summary

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: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2103 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2102 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-2370 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow slackware memory alignment aim crash

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i386-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow slackware memory alignment aim crash

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz