Slackware 12.2: SSA:2009-041-02 Moderate: wicd Remote Access Vulnerability
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February 10, 2009
New wicd packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix a security issue with the D-Bus configuration file that could allow local information disclosure (such as net...
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/wicd/wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1.tgz: Upgraded to wicd-1.5.9. This fixes a security problem with the D-Bus configuration file that allows local users to intercept D-Bus messages, possibly including wireless network credentials. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0489 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
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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 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 12.2 package:
503d6dd8cce8fe148d6799727a51f5a6 wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware -current package:
f98aab4483d4aa1f6c16c4517e560b81 wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Kill any instances of wicd-client: # killall wicd-client Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg wicd-1.5.9-noarch-1_slack12.2.tgz Reload D-Bus: # /etc/rc.d/rc.messagebus reload Restart wicd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.wicd restart Finally, restart any stopped instances of wicd-client as the normal user(s). Alternate approach: Upgrade the wicd package and reboot.
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