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Slackware alert SSA:2008-210-03 (libxslt)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libxslt (SSA:2008-210-03) New libxslt packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about the issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1767 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to libxslt-1.1.24. A buffer overflow when processing XSL stylesheets could result in the execution of arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1767 (* 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 directly 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 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: 05b1ef4bd3f29ec42dcd8cbff6da82ce libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: f3205966df9af275046d5cd3d785b94c libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: 49150c048e96386d040417646ccf094e libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.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 v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiOneMACgkQakRjwEAQIjPOAACfQHegrTRBrv3los314Fe0Zzt2 b14AoJBdEB5chqYush1qvTz0tLzDrkwB =eNLL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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