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Slackware alert SSA:2010-060-03 (gzip)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gzip (SSA:2010-060-03) New gzip packages are available for Slackware 13.0 (64-bit) and -current to fix a 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-2010-0001 Here are the details from the Slackware64 13.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz: Upgraded. gzip -d could segfault and/or clobber the stack, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution. This affects x86_64 but not 32-bit systems. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0001 (* 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 x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: b0eacff1e720e3f4a982523070da3b1c gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz Slackware -current package: bc2876f1aa1df8ec2f018c019e237111 gzip-1.4-i486-1.tgz Slackware x86_64 -current package: f794a8be6ac1f840b366c4ffca3c452d gzip-1.4-x86_64-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.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 v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuMcQsACgkQakRjwEAQIjNXjACfSm8zDyvhhYUombWXYzljWUFv yY0AoJRAxA5gbvAJISP2uJjQTF9HNauP =XXJe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- (Log in to post comments)
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