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LinPopUp Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200501-01 to address this issue. Users of affected packages are urged to execute the following commands with superuser privileges:
emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/linpopup-2.0.4-r1"
Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Debian has released advisory DSA 632-1 to provide updates that address this vulnerability. Please see the attached advisory for further information on obtaining and applying updates.


LinPopUp LinPopUp 1.2

• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_alpha.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_alpha.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_arm.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_arm.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_hppa.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_hppa.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_i386.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_i386.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_ia64.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_ia64.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_m68k.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_m68k.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_mips.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_mips.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_mipsel.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_powerpc.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_s390.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_s390.deb


• Debian linpopup_1.2.0-2woody1_sparc.deb
  Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linpopup/linpopup_1.2.0 -2woody1_sparc.deb