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Slackware alert SSA:2006-340-01 (gnupg)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gnupg (SSA:2006-340-01) New gnupg packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found here: http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/00... http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6235 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6169 Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.6-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz: Upgraded to gnupg-1.4.6. This release fixes a severe and exploitable bug in earlier versions of gnupg. All gnupg users should update to the new packages as soon as possible. For details, see the information concerning CVE-2006-6235 posted on lists.gnupg.org: http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/00... The CVE entry for this issue may be found here: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6235 This update also addresses a more minor security issue possibly exploitable when GnuPG is used in interactive mode. For more information about that issue, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6169 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ 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 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patch... Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patc... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 9.0 package: bc23c2e8fd1862a3749d7ea9478654e2 gnupg-1.4.6-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: 1ec4938e51b300f332696f76ce5476b5 gnupg-1.4.6-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 8be8d0094be837dca5274c6ef17d0856 gnupg-1.4.6-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: bdaf8c564a758fb13faecc8f030a8f3c gnupg-1.4.6-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 1c9e9f1364086ccdb204d50d0ee87df2 gnupg-1.4.6-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: 8f0cd5490e5a12bddc4be418c6806fa3 gnupg-1.4.6-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gnupg-1.4.6-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFdzaaNVnzhlUXJe4RAlwOAKCP1f7bvcZUHRgNnGvW8rVzUxqipACfcNKq gKvKfFxDQK2sJgDdaRrqS5E= =Kj8+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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