Slackware Advisory SSA:2003-141-01 EPIC4 security fixes

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Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced via advisory SSA:2003-141-01.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2003-141-01
Insight
New EPIC4 packages are available to fix security problems found by Timo Sirainen. EPIC4 is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client. Under certain circumstances, a malicious IRC server could cause EPIC4 to crash, or possibly to run arbitrary code as the user running EPIC4. All sites running EPIC4 are advised to upgrade. More information on the problem can be found here:
Severity
Medium Severity
Classification
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