gaim (SSA:2005-242-03)

Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 08/31/2005 02:35 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

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
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