Slackware 9.0: SSA:2003-141-02 Critical: BitchX Overflow Risk
slackware
May 22, 2003
Timo Sirainen discovered several overflow problems in BitchX.
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Tue May 20 20:13:09 PDT 2003 patches/packages/bitchx-1.0c19-i386-3.tgz: Patched several potential "evil server" security problems noted by Timo Sirainen. (* Security fix *) WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: Updated package for Slackware 8.1: Updated package for Slackware 9.0: MD5 SIGNATURES: Slackware 8.1 package: ed9affc29424472b5f442e6182be92ec bitchx-1.0c19-i386-3.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 2e2158987c031115a4b1d5cc9741e033 bitchx-1.0c19-i386-3.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): upgradepkg bitchx-1.0c19-i386-3.tgz Slackware Linux Security Team slackware security@slackware.com
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