RedHat: 'licq' vulnerabilities
Summary
Summary
licq as shipped with Red Hat Linux 7 is vulnerable to two security problems:An overrunnable buffer in its logging code, and an unguarded system() call to execute an external browser when receiving an URL.
Solution
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh
where
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 7.0:
SRPMS:
alpha:
i386:
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
ec5c4980d4d5355549d546d57ca22b94 7.0/SRPMS/licq-1.0.2-2.src.rpm
1db692b7becd9102d617b57153a9b9e9 7.0/alpha/licq-1.0.2-2.alpha.rpm
6a82d8024e0b8922a2ce846b6cba61dc 7.0/i386/licq-1.0.2-2.i386.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key
is available at:
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm --checksig
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or
tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:
rpm --checksig --nogpg
References
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Package List
Topic
Topic
Updated Red Hat Linux 7 packages fixing two security problems in licq are
available.
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386
Bugs Fixed