qt (SSA:2006-298-01)

New qt packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix a possible security issue.

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

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4811

Trolltech has put out a press release which may be found here:

http://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2006-10-19.5434451733

Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/qt-3.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz: Upgraded to qt-x11-free-3.3.7.
This fixes an issue with Qt's handling of pixmap images that causes Qt linked
applications to crash if a specially crafted malicious image is loaded.
Inspection of the code in question makes it seem unlikely that this could
lead to more serious implications (such as arbitrary code execution), but it
is recommended that users upgrade to the new Qt package.
For more information, see:
http://www.trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2006-10-19.5434451733
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4811
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/qt-3.3.3-i486-2_slack10.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/qt-3.3.3-i486-4_slack10.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/qt-3.3.4-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/qca-tls-1.0-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/qt-3.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz



MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.0 package:
a1c994922a521124e45090f59803f943 qt-3.3.3-i486-2_slack10.0.tgz

Slackware 10.1 package:
0b0fbabc4d3ebc3f73d51c60888327da qt-3.3.3-i486-4_slack10.1.tgz

Slackware 10.2 package:
32a47658e1d1905f75b6dd922cddece6 qt-3.3.4-i486-3_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0 packages:
5b73117bbad94a0279535ecffc56ff3b qca-tls-1.0-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
8640fdfa927f2b683835b004b0fc25d4 qt-3.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg qt-3.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

If you are running Slackware 11.0, you will also need to upgrade the
qca-tls package to put the plugin in the new qt-3.3.7 plugin directory.
Earlier versions of Slackware do not include the qca-tls package.
# upgradepkg qca-tls-1.0-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz


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