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[slackware-security]  gaim (SSA:2005-242-03)

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1,
and -current to fix some security issues. including:

  AIM/ICQ away message buffer overflow
  AIM/ICQ non-UTF-8 filename crash
  Gadu-Gadu memory alignment bug

Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version.

More details about these issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2103
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2102
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2370


Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gaim-1.5.0.
  This fixes some more security issues.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2103
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2102
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2370
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i386-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 9.0 package:
676bad766cfddb50c7453554d66b1748  gaim-1.5.0-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.1 package:
d2cc0baba627ba9dbf3f218bdeacc630  gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz

Slackware 10.0 package:
98d55471ed0a2f9def7fcded90860839  gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz

Slackware 10.1 package:
bc6891f4acb22530c472218f5d9493fb  gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
b9a55d4359183b81e1150bea6e13b61e  gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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