Slackware: 2008-210-06 Medium: MTR Small Buffer Rectification
slackware
July 29, 2008
New mtr packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to mtr-0.73. This fixes a minor security bug where a very long hostname in the trace path could lead to an overflow (and most likely just a crash). (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 12.0 package:
a6e7fb366f0cff5b1911566a64eb4e68 mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package:
db3acb5ce1d51eee9065b02c951b1e81 mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware -current package:
004f78f13e150f34d25b5c586b211ca7 mtr-0.73-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
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