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A new version of stunnel, a secure tunneling package, has been released to address a security issue. The update fixes a vulnerability that could lead to unintended configurations when using service-level multivalued options with global defaults. Updated packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current, including both i586 and x86_64 architectures.

stunnel (SSA:2025-291-01)




stunnel (SSA:2025-291-01)


stunnel (SSA:2025-291-01)

New stunnel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/stunnel-5.76-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Service-level multivalued options now override (rather than
append to) global defaults, preventing unintended configurations.
(* 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! :-)

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Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/stunnel-5.76-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/stunnel-5.76-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/stunnel-5.76-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/stunnel-5.76-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
b531268d2e8ffc7a90bda6759f0a6d55 stunnel-5.76-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
d23575680b65e8a769cd01b18b4733f9 stunnel-5.76-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a1a02049b625252d5b7c0751df149975 n/stunnel-5.76-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
34715fa30d49a8d9f5a7fba5da827af9 n/stunnel-5.76-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg stunnel-5.76-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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