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Urgent Mcabber MITM Fix for Slackware 14.x Released on 2016-347-02

New mcabber packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] mcabber (SSA:2016-347-02) New mcabber packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/loudmouth-1.5.3-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update is needed for the mcabber security update. patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue which can lead to a malicious actor MITMing a conversation, or adding themselves as an entity on a third parties roster (thereby granting themselves the associated priviledges such as observing when the user is online). For more information, see: https://gultsch.de/posts/gajim-roster-push_and-message-interception/ https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9928 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 14.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: Updated package for Slackware 14.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: Updated package for Slackware 14.2: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: fd38253e79e4b766ad194d4fceaa5d8d mcabber-1.0.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: c859617864745e03fd527fca1030d518 mcabber-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: d5adbde2cba42fcfa915c07814fb33b5 mcabber-1.0.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1package: 2af12adcb6691b94edd3f668eb424805 mcabber-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: d2a06d1fd910aecaaa384f115bb58bc3 mcabber-1.0.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: cda2b990fe27fb3a33039ffd53aad42e mcabber-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: a2b3fc780a5013e96aee9924bac333c9 n/mcabber-1.0.4-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: e212a2abac6dd59728869361651ecdc7 n/mcabber-1.0.4-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mcabber-1.0.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz A new loudmouth package is also provided. Be sure to update this as well. +-----+ . Stay informed about mcabber updates on Slackware to address critical communication concerns stemming from security vulnerabilities. Upgrade immediately!. mcabber update, Slackware security, communication fix, MITM vulnerability. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 12, 2016 •Critical Slackware