New gimp packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a possible security issue.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404



Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/gimp-2.2.12-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gimp-2.2.12.
This release fixes a security hole in the XCF parser.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/gimp-2.2.12-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/gimp-2.2.12-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.2 package:
e9d7e6e4dd16714e6a6c728821f2cc38 gimp-2.2.12-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware -current package:
c673c5e501392bdfc2c938b880e0860b gimp-2.2.12-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg gimp-2.2.12-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com