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[slackware-security] Security updates for Slackware 8.1

Posted Aug 2, 2002 5:02 UTC (Fri) by Inoshiro (guest, #3070) [Link]

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Several security updates are now available for Slackware 8.1, including
updated packages for Apache, glibc, mod_ssl, openssh, openssl, and php.

Here are the details from the Slackware 8.1 ChangeLog:

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Tue Jul 30 19:45:52 PDT 2002
patches/packages/apache-1.3.26-i386-2.tgz: Upgraded the included libmm
to version 1.2.1. Versions of libmm earlier than 1.2.0 contain a tmp file
vulnerability which may allow the local Apache user to gain privileges via
temporary files or symlinks. For details, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0658
This was also recompiled using EAPI patch from mod_ssl-2.8.10_1.3.26.
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/glibc-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz: Patched to fix a buffer overflow
in glibc's DNS resolver functions that look up network addresses.
Another workaround for this problem is to edit /etc/nsswtich.conf changing:
networks: files dns
to:
networks: files
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz: Patched to fix a buffer
overflow in glibc's DNS resolver functions that look up network addresses.
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.10_1.3.26-i386-1.tgz: This update fixes an
off-by-one error in earlier versions of mod_ssl that may allow local users to
execute code as the Apache user. For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0653
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssh-3.4p1-i386-2.tgz: Recompiled against openssl-0.9.6e.
This update also contains a fix to the installation script to ensure that the
sshd privsep user is correctly created.
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to openssl-0.9.6e, which
fixes 4 potentially remotely exploitable bugs. For details, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0659
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to openssl-0.9.6e,
which fixes 4 potentially remotely exploitable bugs. For details, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0659
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/php-4.2.2-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to php-4.2.2. Earlier versions
of PHP 4.2.x contain a security vulnerability, which although not currently
considered exploitable on the x86 architecture is probably still a good to
patch. For details, see: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-21.html
(* Security fix *)
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WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
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ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/apache-1.3.26-i386-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/glibc-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.10_1.3.26-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/openssh-3.4p1-i386-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/php-4.2.2-i386-1.tgz

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

Here are the md5sums for the packages:
9af3e989fb581fbb29cf6b2d91b1a921 apache-1.3.26-i386-2.tgz
d159bf51306def68f9d28ef5bed06e52 glibc-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz
0b5414fbecbb7aace3593cdfeecba907 glibc-solibs-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz
aaa5a61ff4600d415cf583dab9fbd0a0 mod_ssl-2.8.10_1.3.26-i386-1.tgz
ea0ee4aac4b28ab3f8ed2190e7b3a7d8 openssh-3.4p1-i386-2.tgz
88f32f01ce855d4363bc71899404e2db openssl-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz
c20073efd9e3847bfa28da9d614e1dcd openssl-solibs-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz
032bc53692b721ecec80d69944112ea1 php-4.2.2-i386-1.tgz

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

Upgrade existing packages using the upgradepkg command:

# upgradepkg apache-1.3.26-i386-2.tgz glibc-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz \
glibc-solibs-2.2.5-i386-3.tgz mod_ssl-2.8.10_1.3.26-i386-1.tgz \
openssh-3.4p1-i386-2.tgz openssl-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz \
openssl-solibs-0.9.6e-i386-1.tgz php-4.2.2-i386-1.tgz

If the packages have not been previously installed, either use the
installpkg command, or the --install-new option with upgradepkg.

Finally, if your site runs Apache it will need to be restarted:

# apachectl restart

- Slackware Linux Security Team
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