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Slackware 14.x Security Update: SSA:2017-082-01 Critical XMPP Threat

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:2017-082-01) 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/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 *) +--------------------------+ 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: 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 Slackware x86_6414.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mcabber-1.0.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ 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 Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ . Recent mcabber updates for Slackware address a significant identity theft vulnerability associated with XMPP Message Carbons exploitation.. Slackware Updates, Mcabber Security Fix, XMPP Exploit Resolution. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 24, 2017 •Critical Slackware