-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gnutls (SSA:2009-290-01) New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix a security issue. 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-2009-2730 Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/gnutls-2.8.4-i486-1_slack13.0.txz: This contains a correct fix for the NUL in CN/SAN SSL vulnerability. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2730 (* 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 12.1: Updated package for Slackware 12.2: Updated package for Slackware 13.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.1 package: 6dd3ba012a210ec6b6a9265539ed8b08 gnutls-2.8.4-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: c65c3bf987ba84aa7616b3f78eeebf1a gnutls-2.8.4-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: 30703d75d74384d1f6353e2e7b947bdd gnutls-2.8.4-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: b36547ea2d7bb0237cd0e53cb42dd832 gnutls-2.8.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware -current package: 505ebd525498f3ce948d736a12974749 gnutls-2.8.4-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: d537275422ece130459ad487e0d01ca6 gnutls-2.8.4-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gnutls-2.8.4-i486-1_slack13.0.txz +-----+