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TITLE:
Slackware bitchx Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34870

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34870/

DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has acknowledged a security issue and some vulnerabilities
in bitchx, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions with escalated privileges and by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA25759
SA26578
SA27463

SOLUTION:
Remove the bitchx package. The vendor recommends to migrate to
another console IRC client (e.g. irssi).

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SSA:2009-116-02:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.285737

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25759:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25759/

SA26578:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26578/

SA27463:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27463/

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