httpd (SSA:2008-045-01)

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 12.0, and -current to fix security issues.

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-2007-6421
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6422
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6388
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5000
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0005

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/httpd-2.2.8-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to httpd-2.2.8.
This fixes security and other bugs.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6421
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6422
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6388
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5000
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0005
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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/patches/packages/httpd-2.2.8-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/httpd-2.2.8-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 12.0 package:
c545e2e9ef2d01a584c972cb13246f7d httpd-2.2.8-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware -current package:
0901cc439d6d6e7c7ed6d1920e49920f httpd-2.2.8-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg httpd-2.2.8-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Then, restart httpd:
# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key