Bug Fix Advisory gaim bugfix and security enhancement

Advisory: RHBA-2006:0133-5
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-03-07
Last updated on: 2006-03-07
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated gaim packages that fix multiple bugs and enhance security are now
available.

The Gaim application is a multi-protocol instant messaging client.

This update enables the compiler options FORTIFY_SOURCE and relro. A
combination of these enhances the runtime security of the gaim application.

Users of the AIM/ICQ protocol may be seeing frequent "Rate Limit" errors
during program runtime. This update fixes this issue and numerous other
crash and behavior issues.

Users of gaim should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these
issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. 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.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.src.rpm     3c2691d1d53eaf0f267c2a3ae843cbde
 
IA-32:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.i386.rpm     6f4e0a6648f4b398f149c054f4092f1b
 
x86_64:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.x86_64.rpm     990d2a58e991417f2d899f85a16e43fb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.src.rpm     3c2691d1d53eaf0f267c2a3ae843cbde
 
IA-32:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.i386.rpm     6f4e0a6648f4b398f149c054f4092f1b
 
IA-64:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.ia64.rpm     48fd70eaae73a7c850aae0758a7aee02
 
PPC:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.ppc.rpm     571ff5875213acafbdc5a11567555e56
 
s390:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.s390.rpm     713e3a6002552584a72240aeeb18ca32
 
s390x:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.s390x.rpm     28e0543b190c2fe15fd524907af6f435
 
x86_64:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.x86_64.rpm     990d2a58e991417f2d899f85a16e43fb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.src.rpm     3c2691d1d53eaf0f267c2a3ae843cbde
 
IA-32:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.i386.rpm     6f4e0a6648f4b398f149c054f4092f1b
 
IA-64:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.ia64.rpm     48fd70eaae73a7c850aae0758a7aee02
 
x86_64:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.x86_64.rpm     990d2a58e991417f2d899f85a16e43fb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.src.rpm     3c2691d1d53eaf0f267c2a3ae843cbde
 
IA-32:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.i386.rpm     6f4e0a6648f4b398f149c054f4092f1b
 
IA-64:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.ia64.rpm     48fd70eaae73a7c850aae0758a7aee02
 
x86_64:
gaim-1.5.0-12.el4.x86_64.rpm     990d2a58e991417f2d899f85a16e43fb
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from:
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/