Slackware alert: OpenSSL security update (SSA:2003-273-01)

Posted by dave on Sep 30, 2003 9:48 PM EDT
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Upgraded OpenSSL packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix problems with ASN.1 parsing which could lead to a denial of service. It is not known whether the problems could lead to the running of malicious code on the server, but it has not been ruled out.

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[slackware-security] OpenSSL security update (SSA:2003-273-01)

Upgraded OpenSSL packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix problems with ASN.1 parsing which could lead to a denial of service. It is not known whether the problems could lead to the running of malicious code on the server, but it has not been ruled out.

We recommend sites that use OpenSSL upgrade to the fixed packages right away.

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ Tue Sep 30 16:16:35 PDT 2003 patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.7c. patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.7c. This update fixes problems with OpenSSL's ASN.1 parsing which could lead to a denial of service. It is not known whether the problems could lead to the running of malicious code on the server, but it has not been ruled out. For detailed information, see OpenSSL's security advisory: http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030930.txt We recommend sites that use OpenSSL upgrade to the fixed packages right away. (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+

WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: +-----------------------------+

Updated packages for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.6k-i386-1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.6k-i386-1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7c-i386-1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i386-1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz

MD5 SIGNATURES: +-------------+

Slackware 8.1 packages: b16847083943c529ff63a07331d1818f openssl-0.9.6k-i386-1.tgz a371561b0f2148149abc662d02b17381 openssl-solibs-0.9.6k-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.0 packages: 1a45090e4e432884de48beae5dfae540 openssl-0.9.7c-i386-1.tgz 04629d814bd468b0b9e4f7da3df92752 openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.1 packages: 49dbc64a43633bedb3ff8e5be93e7c6a openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz 7598ad83ffd12e5b8e34dcf60fb18e1d openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz

Slackware -current packages: 49dbc64a43633bedb3ff8e5be93e7c6a openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz 7598ad83ffd12e5b8e34dcf60fb18e1d openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: +------------------------+

Upgrade using upgradepkg (as root): # upgradepkg openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz



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