Slackware 1078 Published by

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2p-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes two low severity security issues:
Client DoS due to large DH parameter.
Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation.
For more information, see:
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20180612.txt
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20180416.txt
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0732
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0737
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2p-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
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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 packages for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2p-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2p-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2p-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2p-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/openssl-solibs-1.1.0i-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openssl-1.1.0i-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/openssl-solibs-1.1.0i-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/openssl-1.1.0i-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 packages:
cf7c40e9c66711e028671a7bb38abd99 openssl-1.0.2p-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
d2850088b0aed90a45aa250ebffad451 openssl-solibs-1.0.2p-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 packages:
9d42083aaf9c4854928ec380307ebabb openssl-1.0.2p-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
fd566d85eb3c5cbd82e90b7215b61c91 openssl-solibs-1.0.2p-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current packages:
bd79b75ed5522f75945612c2e2f5dcb8 a/openssl-solibs-1.1.0i-i586-1.txz
9aaa879284e70161ee40224c2b4660e3 n/openssl-1.1.0i-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
dadf088e88d02b583c21b1855ba875b5 a/openssl-solibs-1.1.0i-x86_64-1.txz
3ee4aa3c24eb8be63ed67a5391edffe4 n/openssl-1.1.0i-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg openssl-*.txz
  OpenSSL (SSA:2018-226-01) Update for Slackware