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Slackware 10.0/10.1: SSA:2005-135-02 Critical DoS Security Fix

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2005
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Updated ncftp packages for Arch Linux tackle important security vulnerabilities and improve overall system performance.
New ncftp packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/ncftp-3.1.9-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to ncftp-3.1.9. This corrects a vulnerability where a download from a hostile FTP server might be written to an unintended location potentially compromising system security or causing a denial of service. For more details, see: https://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/changelog.html (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical DoS security fix slackware system update ncftp

Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/ncftp-3.1.9-i486-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/ncftp-3.1.9-i486-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.0 package: 153e4eff85919531ee58cc445b1c3c93 ncftp-3.1.9-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package: aac0389bd0bff8543a5fe8fdc305a50c ncftp-3.1.9-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package: c3ce5f147fd8ea8fa442071008a54cff ncftp-3.1.9-i486-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical DoS security fix slackware system update ncftp

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ncftp-3.1.9-i486-1.tgz