Slackware: Critical sysklogd Crash Fix for Version 2004-124-02
slackware
May 3, 2004
New sysklogd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue where a user could cause syslogd to crash
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: Sun May 2 17:16:41 PDT 2004 patches/packages/sysklogd-1.4.1-i486-9.tgz: Patched a bug which could allow a user to cause syslogd to write to unallocated memory and crash. Thanks to Steve Grubb for finding the bug, and Solar Designer for refining the patch. (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-7.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-9.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/sysklogd-1.4.1-i486-9.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 8.1 package:
4bcd73db9029567f73d7131f63421cdd sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-7.tgz
Slackware 9.0 package:
8e7563c3c060641acc2307b0ab8c1402 sysklogd-1.4.1-i386-9.tgz
Slackware 9.1 package:
f97b852f2202af2ed775a2e0c584bc26 sysklogd-1.4.1-i486-9.tgz
Slackware -current package:
5820b02d24994c1b5fff7a62b59dada0 sysklogd-1.4.1-i486-9.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: First, stop syslogd/klogd: # . /etc/rc.d/rc.syslog stop Next, upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg sysklogd-1.4.1-i486-9.tgz Finally, restart the logging system: # . /etc/rc.d/rc.syslog start
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