Slackware 1126 Published by

New openssh packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue.



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/openssh-6.7p1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue that allows remote servers to trigger
the skipping of SSHFP DNS RR checking by presenting an unacceptable
HostCertificate.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2653
(* Security fix *)
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Thanks to mancha for the backported patch used for Slackware 13.0 - 13.37.


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 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/openssh-5.9p1-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/openssh-5.9p1-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/openssh-5.9p1-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/openssh-5.9p1-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/openssh-5.9p1-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/openssh-5.9p1-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/openssh-6.7p1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/openssh-6.7p1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/openssh-6.7p1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/openssh-6.7p1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openssh-6.7p1-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/openssh-6.7p1-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
23a13f3f01617fe124008babcdda547b openssh-5.9p1-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
c5cb8a7331caaecf548222a01125f965 openssh-5.9p1-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
a1b912d4288156650b8c50d460fca534 openssh-5.9p1-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
b676f089da3f94ae4640d83ca29745ae openssh-5.9p1-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
0b4109ec7196b30ca2358e56dff5196f openssh-5.9p1-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
14d5cf3fc246c67b486af80b7b61ef12 openssh-5.9p1-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
193f0b568921ae1087a92286e5fc2891 openssh-6.7p1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
695bf6c6cf838a29f7e28eb67753e169 openssh-6.7p1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
a334cd16dbe08ed8d406c2517268bbdd openssh-6.7p1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
fbada742b1ee2ab24b2105a84c9332f4 openssh-6.7p1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
f90503da3c213ed20effcff9d21324b3 n/openssh-6.7p1-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1a6f93c3529e4b957e5df5f6566a6160 n/openssh-6.7p1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg openssh-6.7p1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Next, restart the sshd daemon:
# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd restart


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