Slackware 14.0 and 14.1 Critical: GnuTLS Certificate Flaw Fix
slackware
February 20, 2014
New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.1.21-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a flaw where a version 1 intermediate certificate would be considered as a CA certificate by GnuTLS by default. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1959 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
55f0ee50fd62526c802dca234d1cde2f gnutls-3.0.31-i486-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
f81fbcd3dc0ddb04e0c49e4d75786d43 gnutls-3.0.31-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
e03018b41bf4b52ea0f0ddc7edf3af09 gnutls-3.1.21-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
a833400870b52a12561d197f4fade248 gnutls-3.1.21-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
4d546890fb2ee44ea103d551e418a495 n/gnutls-3.1.21-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
5b2087af6bc05d86ddaa3b45a03e2971 n/gnutls-3.1.21-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gnutls-3.1.21-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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