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Slackware 14.0: 2013-287-01 High: GnuPG Critical Infinite Recursion

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Calendar Grey October 15, 2013
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent updates for gnupg packages are now released for Slackware, addressing security vulnerabilities, notably the problems related to infinite recursion.
New gnupg packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed possible infinite recursion in the compressed packet parser. [CVE-2013-4402] Protect against rogue keyservers sending secret keys. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4402 (* Security fix *)

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/gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.15-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: 87cb6a460733cbd145767e2c3452b227 gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: 49083b551dae4b6f4e11ef8194c565aa gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: f0cf6a234c3fcdb3cc1d7583a6e922f1 gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: e8a48beb5c68d49889771f8fe7ff4e6f gnupg-1.4.15-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 1678dbd3d89356b32d62ce4dd6ea84cd gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: af8dee6b58d88a6d95f710255f5f8a90 gnupg-1.4.15-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: ae91e336fa82263647da46bc039346bc gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: f577a4b5ab805be99acf344e67ebd919 gnupg-1.4.15-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 3c1183cd80d74353f2ea6789dba8fa32 gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: db3aecec58e254058727e17b0c358766 gnupg-1.4.15-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: f5c0bf28ae06d7828c1ac37b0852aedc n/gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 2a3d878358783284312b2022c394dcdf n/gnupg-1.4.15-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gnupg-1.4.15-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

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