Secunia Security Advisory - Slackware has issued an update for Qt. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Slackware update for Qt
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22589
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22589/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 10.0
http://secunia.com/product/4368/
DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued an update for Qt. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application
using the library.
For more information:
SA22380
SOLUTION:
Apply updated package.
Slackware 10.0 package:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/qt-3.3.3-i486-2_slack10.0.tgz
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.483634
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22380:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22380/
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