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[sflack-security] gimp (SFSA:2007-222-01)
New gimp packages are available for Sflack 11.0, and 12.0 to
fix security issues.
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-2007-2949
Here are the details from the Sflack 12.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/gimp-2.2.17-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz:
Upgraded to gimp-2.2.17, which fixes buffer overflows when decoding
certain image types.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2949
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at Evolva Telecom
(http://evolva.ro) and serghei.net (http://serghei.net)
for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Sflack project! :-)
Also see the "Get Sflack" section on http://sflack.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Sflack 11.0:
ftp://ftp.sflack.com/pub/sflack/sflack-11.0/patches/packages/gimp-2.2.17-x86_64-1_sflack11.0.tgz
Updated package for Sflack 12.0:
ftp://ftp.sflack.com/pub/sflack/sflack-12.0/patches/packages/gimp-2.2.17-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz
MD5 signatures:
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Sflack 11.0 package:
45927625fd26e40f37d8958b0e3636ef gimp-2.2.17-x86_64-1_sflack11.0.tgz
Sflack 12.0 package:
277dfb9e9f71a648500d0fbd7023a022 gimp-2.2.17-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg gimp-2.2.17-x86_64-1_sflack12.0.tgz
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Sflack Linux Security Team
http://sflack.com/gpg-key
security at sflack.com
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