Slackware: 2003-142-02 Important: EPIC5 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
slackware
May 22, 2003
New EPIC4 packages are available to fix security problems found by Timo Sirainen.
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Tue May 20 20:13:09 PDT 2003 patches/packages/epic4-1.0.1-i386-3.tgz: Patched a buffer overflow in ctcp.c. (* 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: 4593af7c875770e1eadbb00b39b1de7a epic4-1.0.1-i386-3.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 9b3a389255484d9a2ff7ea0e8caacbc4 epic4-1.0.1-i386-3.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): upgradepkg epic4-1.0.1-i386-3.tgz Slackware Linux Security Team slackware security@slackware.com
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