Slackware 11.0: 2006-298-01 Critical: Qt Pixmap Crash Issue
slackware
October 25, 2006
New qt packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix a possible security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/qt-3.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz: Upgraded to qt-x11-free-3.3.7. This fixes an issue with Qt's handling of pixmap images that causes Qt linked applications to crash if a specially crafted malicious image is loaded. Inspection of the code in question makes it seem unlikely that this could lead to more serious implications (such as arbitrary code execution), but it is recommended that users upgrade to the new Qt package. For more information, see: https://store.yourbrand.ca/domain/trolltech.com https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4811 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/qt-3.3.3-i486-2_slack10.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/qt-3.3.3-i486-4_slack10.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated packages for Slackware 11.0:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 10.0 package:
a1c994922a521124e45090f59803f943 qt-3.3.3-i486-2_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package:
0b0fbabc4d3ebc3f73d51c60888327da qt-3.3.3-i486-4_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package:
32a47658e1d1905f75b6dd922cddece6 qt-3.3.4-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 packages:
5b73117bbad94a0279535ecffc56ff3b qca-tls-1.0-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
8640fdfa927f2b683835b004b0fc25d4 qt-3.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg qt-3.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz If you are running Slackware 11.0, you will also need to upgrade the qca-tls package to put the plugin in the new qt-3.3.7 plugin directory. Earlier versions of Slackware do not include the qca-tls package. # upgradepkg qca-tls-1.0-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
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