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Slackware 13.0: 2010-060-03 Critical: Gzip Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2010
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Latest tar packages for Slackware 13.0 issued to address significant security vulnerabilities and avert possible attacks.
New gzip packages are available for Slackware 13.0 (64-bit) and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware64 13.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz: Upgraded. gzip -d could segfault and/or clobber the stack, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution. This affects x86_64 but not 32-bit systems. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0001 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution critical threat security patch Slackware gzip

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 x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: b0eacff1e720e3f4a982523070da3b1c gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz
Slackware -current package: bc2876f1aa1df8ec2f018c019e237111 gzip-1.4-i486-1.tgz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: f794a8be6ac1f840b366c4ffca3c452d gzip-1.4-x86_64-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update code execution critical threat security patch Slackware gzip

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz