Slackware 14.x Security Update: SSA:2017-082-01 Critical XMPP Threat
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March 24, 2017
New mcabber packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: An incorrect implementation of XEP-0280: Message Carbons in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5604 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackw...
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Slackware 14.0 package:
3c346e3477d698b3c925849ec92a77a9 mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
2a3a39371b176e73c2cdc0ea66a187ee mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
3aa13a8ea5326e265fcbbd798830f2cd mcabber-1.0.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
dad55307a2cb12b40b74a2e05ea9ba19 mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
764519e670ea2f4a6eec0d7d964e1aa8 mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
be63fce2708395a76b5af665047b8b54 mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
82761c1dcf7f0641c3bfc91034f324fc n/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a6605073494ea1ded0813c15faa57545 n/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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