Slackware: SSA:2009-098-01 Critical: OpenSSL Security Update
slackware
April 8, 2009
New openssl packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz: Patched (see below). patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz: Patched to fix possible crashes as well as a (fairly unlikely) case where an invalid signature might verify as valid. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0789 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0591 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0590 (* Security fix *)
Topics Covered
Where Find New Packages
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
openssl-solibs-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
openssl-solibs-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
openssl-solibs-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
openssl-solibs-0.9.8i-i486-3_slack12.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
n/openssl-0.9.8k-i486-1.tgz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 11.0 packages:
e44ec3cba02b75d0a9a2eaa3497cacdd openssl-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
58d2055da525dbce5b311c2b40fad7dc openssl-solibs-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware 12.0 packages:
5784077250604b326baa2a34f6ead905 openssl-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
60b6ed4db2f76634abeab1a99b90cd87 openssl-solibs-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 packages:
c83b32d650ade46c3fd162c11fa749fb openssl-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz
abda6caa9130093004dd87e093d4a93f openssl-solibs-0.9.8h-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 packages:
c910652909f75aa654dfb2835e474edf openssl-0.9.8i-i486-3_slack12.2.tgz
1acff931e71bddeed83a7ee4726286fa openssl-solibs-0.9.8i-i486-3_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware -current packages:
b90377904539671507c04168172c4c6c openssl-solibs-0.9.8k-i486-1.tgz
a43244be109e42168f251f04cef10dd6 openssl-0.9.8k-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg openssl-0.9.8i-i486-3_slack12.2.tgz openssl-solibs-0.9.8i-i486-3_slack12.2.tgz
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