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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-9342
2009-09-06 20:08:02
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Name        : libsilc
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 1.1.8
Release     : 7.fc11
URL         : http://www.silcnet.org/
Summary     : SILC Client Library
Description :
SILC Client Library libraries for clients to connect to SILC networks.

SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides
secure conferencing services on the Internet over insecure channel.

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ChangeLog:

* Fri Sep  4 2009 Stu Tomlinson  1.1.8-7
- Backport patch to fix stack corruption (CVE-2008-7160) (#521256)
* Fri Sep  4 2009 Stu Tomlinson  1.1.8-6
- Backport patch to fix additional string format vulnerabilities (#515648)
* Wed Aug  5 2009 Stu Tomlinson  1.1.8-5
- Backport patch to fix string format vulnerability (#515648)
* Sat Jul 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering  - 1.1.8-4
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #515648 - libsilc: format string vulnerability in client entry handling
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515648
  [ 2 ] Bug #521256 - CVE-2008-7160 libsilc: stack corruption in SilcHttpServer on 64bit archs
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521256
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update libsilc' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
http://fedoraproject.org/keys
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Fedora 11 Update: libsilc-1.1.8-7.fc11

September 9, 2009

Summary

SILC Client Library libraries for clients to connect to SILC networks.

SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides

secure conferencing services on the Internet over insecure channel.

ChangeLog:

* Fri Sep 4 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-7

- Backport patch to fix stack corruption (CVE-2008-7160) (#521256)

* Fri Sep 4 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-6

- Backport patch to fix additional string format vulnerabilities (#515648)

* Wed Aug 5 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-5

- Backport patch to fix string format vulnerability (#515648)

* Sat Jul 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.1.8-4

- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #515648 - libsilc: format string vulnerability in client entry handling

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515648

[ 2 ] Bug #521256 - CVE-2008-7160 libsilc: stack corruption in SilcHttpServer on 64bit archs

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521256

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use

su -c 'yum update libsilc' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

http://fedoraproject.org/keys

Fedora-package-announce mailing list

Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com

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Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-9342 2009-09-06 20:08:02 Name : libsilc Product : Fedora 11 Version : 1.1.8 Release : 7.fc11 URL : http://www.silcnet.org/ Summary : SILC Client Library Description : SILC Client Library libraries for clients to connect to SILC networks. SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides secure conferencing services on the Internet over insecure channel. ChangeLog: * Fri Sep 4 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-7 - Backport patch to fix stack corruption (CVE-2008-7160) (#521256) * Fri Sep 4 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-6 - Backport patch to fix additional string format vulnerabilities (#515648) * Wed Aug 5 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-5 - Backport patch to fix string format vulnerability (#515648) * Sat Jul 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.1.8-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Mass_Rebuild References: [ 1 ] Bug #515648 - libsilc: format string vulnerability in client entry handling https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515648 [ 2 ] Bug #521256 - CVE-2008-7160 libsilc: stack corruption in SilcHttpServer on 64bit archs https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521256 This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libsilc' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at http://fedoraproject.org/keys Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce

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Name : libsilc
Product : Fedora 11
Version : 1.1.8
Release : 7.fc11
URL : http://www.silcnet.org/
Summary : SILC Client Library

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