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Conectiva Linux Security Announcement – xchat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 29, 2000
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:24:57 -0300
From: secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xchat



CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT

PACKAGE   : xchat
SUMMARY   : Commands inside URLs can be executed by xchat
DATE      : 2000-08-25 11:24:00
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 4.2, 5.0, prg gr=E1ficos, ecommerce, 5.1


DESCRIPTION
 The IRC client Xchat allows one to right-click an URL and open many
 different browsers with it. This is done by opening the broswer via
 the shell, and commands inside the URL could be expanded by the shell
 and executed.


SOLUTION
 All Xchat users should upgrade.


DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/xchat-1.4.2-4cl.i386.rpm



All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key can be
obtained at http://www.conectiva.com.br/contato


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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