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Slackware 12.1-14.0: 2023-108-04 Low: DNS Cache Poisoning Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2013
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated DHCP software for Slackware made available to fix a severe security flaw in the platform.
New dhcp packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update replaces the included BIND 9 code that the DHCP programs link against. Those contained a defect that could possibly lead to excessive memory consumption and a denial of service. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2266 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue moderate severity patch slackware dhcp

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.1 package: c277d6dae778ddf859d3af9584cee23e dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: 15d244081a57135dfa61b8454209d296 dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: df6a3c2e39397f80e03a6b4b112bbf25 dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: dbbdc76cc2bf5054ce15c036f3f4a21f dhcp-4.2.5_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 77f1881425fbce4922256b9c2d973f80 dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: ce4486703ec878a8cf3cd1e6791e61be dhcp-4.2.5_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 01a8dde3c944beb5050d0ae6cde11bff dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 4f74f10dbb95e30b4470cefa66eff96a dhcp-4.2.5_P1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: aa2d3985c9ea6ebc6882c96383d62e35 dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 7f75298567f9d6ee252af1389ae9852a dhcp-4.2.5_P1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: e92641fe8649aa6d122b72e666e7420b n/dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 2e46a3038527318b06271e11e763dbb9 n/dhcp-4.2.5_P1-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue moderate severity patch slackware dhcp

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg dhcp-4.2.5_P1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Then, restart the dhcp daemon.

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