Slackware 14.0: SSA:2013-191-02 Critical: Dbus Denial Of Service
slackware
July 10, 2013
New dbus packages are available for Slackware 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/dbus-1.4.20-i486-4_slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue where misuse of va_list could be used to cause a denial of service for system services. Vulnerability reported by Alexandru Cornea. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2168 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/dbus-1.4.20-i486-4_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/dbus-1.4.20-x86_64-4_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
a720afc6cb939df64d9b6e15ad3d20ff dbus-1.4.20-i486-4_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
ff619d4caa1c438435bad5cc5d57c24c dbus-1.4.20-x86_64-4_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
f3f0e28aecabb58b212d3bd580a194e4 a/dbus-1.6.12-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cfd43378f0947229b58e95396192a7b7 a/dbus-1.6.12-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg dbus-1.4.20-i486-4_slack14.0.txz
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