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New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues



IMPORTANT: On Slackware 14.0, install the new updated nettle package first.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes some bugs and security issues.
For more information, see:
http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-2
http://www.gnutls.org/security.html#GNUTLS-SA-2015-3
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6251
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/gnutls-3.3.17.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/gnutls-3.3.17.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/gnutls-3.4.4.1-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/gnutls-3.4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
2658a7061f9920cde5dfcb22425c127a gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
357bcae385268d44bc865429fd8cc4a2 gnutls-3.3.17.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
b430addfad1fc665de4dffc349cf9411 gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
76b05e6a90c86e1c6a7d85020c24bde5 gnutls-3.3.17.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
07483f2fc936497380949cfeb36e4b3d n/gnutls-3.4.4.1-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
b794877ee2edee391dc8357d835950a0 n/gnutls-3.4.4.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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