-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] dhcp (SSA:2009-195-01) New dhcp packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue with dhclient. Note that dhclient is not the default DHCP client in Slackware's networking scripts, dhcpcd is. However, if you use dhclient on a network where someone could deploy a hostile DHCP server, you should upgrade to the new package. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0692 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded. A stack overflow vulnerability was fixed in dhclient that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root on the system, or simply terminate the client, by providing an over-long subnet-mask option. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0692 (* 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 (https://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on https://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/dhcp-3.1.2p1-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: Updated package for Slackware 9.1: Updated package for Slackware 10.0: Updated package for Slackware 10.1: Updated package for Slackware 10.2: Updated package for Slackware 11.0: Updated package for Slackware 12.0: Updated package for Slackware 12.1: Updated package for Slackware 12.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 01143b6e39f09c606f962c79b6437598 dhcp-3.1.2p1-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 93492796e78bc44e8ad92185ea65083b dhcp-3.1.2p1-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: 88c3c2242439b838f99c6e518db4a28e dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: e0ebe048f8e655cd9cd0e2767b4da486 dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: ac2ada2ca250bbd21872dd58b4775c77 dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 33a95808d59b77e9fb83635478d5ea2f dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: e02bb8e11adeecc44b0f5d38cb06bdf3 dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 309a1a3140899da2d9bf8405cee04a30 dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 99be31135ef2b815ae4ac7eb2705abcf dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 967911d55d67c85ae4d61828c3e5859a dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 5b328e631b47e61433d347b1836e07d6 dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: b4e120017ff3a0b4a21e7fd832c6216c dhcp-3.1.2p1-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg dhcp-3.1.2p1-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+