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Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : EPIC4 security fixes (SSA:2003-141-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18714

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New EPIC4 packages are available to fix security problems found by Timo Sirainen. EPIC4 is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client. Under certain circumstances, a malicious IRC server could cause EPIC4 to crash, or possibly to run arbitrary code as the user running EPIC4.
All sites running EPIC4 are advised to upgrade.

Solution

Update the affected epic4 package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ab1e22ac

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18714

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2003-141-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:epic4, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2003

Reference Information

SSA: 2003-141-01