-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] cyrus-sasl (SSA:2009-134-01) New cyrus-sasl packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. A buffer overflow in the sasl_encode64() function could lead to a denial of service or possible execution of arbitrary code. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0688 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded to cyrus-sasl-2.1.23. This fixes a buffer overflow in the sasl_encode64() function that could lead to crashes or the execution of arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0688 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.2 package: e7715adc9687421e11ef18bc98a06d9b cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: 9f283935b166b44fa321d89594c828bd cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 03d5b6ea37db7e6c9a69eb2d70f45368 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: e472a88dee87be4f0f8a0cdb26b71f19 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 76ba85de3bde65d3d48cd6643b9a63b8 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 089ed7728db2130f30bcf7504f961d00 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Then, restart any network services (such as sendmail) that use the SASL libraries. +-----+