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Slackware 14.1 Advisory 2015-028-01 Critical: glibc Remote Control

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Calendar Grey January 28, 2015
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Freshly released glibc updates for Slackware address significant security vulnerabilities—users are urged to upgrade immediately.
New glibc packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and 14.1 to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/glibc-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update patches a security issue __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function of glibc which may be triggered through the gethostbyname*() set of functions. This flaw could allow local or remote attackers to take control of a machine running a vulnerable version of glibc. Thanks to Qualys for discovering this issue (also known as the GHOST vulnerability.) For more information, see: https://www.qualys.com/2015/01/27/cve-2015-0235/GHOST-CVE-2015-0235.txt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0235 (* Security fix *) patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/glibc-profile-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to tzcode2014j and tzdata2014j.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical threat glibc Slackware remote control GHOST

Where Find New Packages

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Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated packages for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/glibc-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/glibc-profile-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/glibc-2.9-x86_64-7_slack13.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.9-x86_64-7_slack13.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slack...

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Slackware 13.0 packages: 41402c65ebdef4b022c799131556ef7e glibc-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz 7095e3cd743af0179ea14b9bff81e3f4 glibc-i18n-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz 901d50b809ed84837ff45b2ca7838bb3 glibc-profile-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz 421a711b7cf1be2df2421ae5cd50b217 glibc-solibs-2.9-i486-7_slack13.0.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 packages: d4266628a8db63751f3f55b8bc2e2162 glibc-2.9-x86_64-7_slack13.0.txz b6161a0e23da771c5c6903605e49e403 glibc-i18n-2.9-x86_64-7_slack13.0.txz b8026d61e3849cce26539def0b665ca3 glibc-profile-2.9-x86_64-7_slack13.0.txz 1f7f4cf57d44d75d4ef2786152f33403 glibc-solibs-2.9-x86_64-7_slack13.0.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware 13.1 packages: 03e0d0224efe8bc794b5be0454612a1e glibc-2.11.1-i486-9_slack13.1.txz fabbdd8d7f14667c7a2dc7ede87b5510 glibc-i18n-2.11.1-i486-9_slack13.1.txz 1c1d86a9dabe329c3d30796188b66ebe glibc-profile-2.11.1-i486-9_slack13.1.txz e2ebe08bb02550c69202a6f973ef7e47 glibc-solibs-2.11.1-i486-9_slack13.1.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 packages: c00de492a4842e3a86101028e8cc03f0 glibc-2.11.1-x86_64-9_slack13.1.txz 9657c55f39b233333e48d08acee9ed78 glibc-i18n-2.11.1-x86_64-9_slack13.1.txz ada2d7f7b7ffdfd7a4407696ad714e48 glibc-profile-2.11.1-x86_64-9_slack13.1.txz b3c393e74aafbb5276cea1217dfcd1aa glibc-solibs-2.11.1-x86_64-9_slack13.1.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware 13.37 packages: 16615e6ef8311b928e3a05e0b7f3e505 glibc-2.13-i486-8_slack13.37.txz 319dfc0cbdaf8410981195fffb1371c6 glibc-i18n-2.13-i486-8_slack13.37.txz 6964339495ab981d17ba27cd5878a400 glibc-profile-2.13-i486-8_slack13.37.txz 1834abd11fab02725e897040bbead56f glibc-solibs-2.13-i486-8_slack13.37.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 packages: 1753003d261831ac235445e23a9f9870 glibc-2.13-x86_64-8_slack13.37.txz 8aa103984bb2cb293072a022dd9144f2 glibc-i18n-2.13-x86_64-8_slack13.37.txz a56e90a34eec8f60e265c45d05490a57 glibc-profile-2.13-x86_64-8_slack13.37.txz c6f684ea049e4091b96d15606eb454d1 glibc-solibs-2.13-x86_64-8_slack13.37.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware 14.0 packages: a2fadb666bfdf5c7c4c9792cbf34785d glibc-2.15-i486-9_slack14.0.txz 3b3626f4a170a603af36ca60c7840fa6 glibc-i18n-2.15-i486-9_slack14.0.txz ad237d138bb874e57c4080071d27e798 glibc-profile-2.15-i486-9_slack14.0.txz f07d37e52014cec80e43d883eda516ae glibc-solibs-2.15-i486-9_slack14.0.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 packages: a5d02d71a230b6daa39d2ebefd8a6548 glibc-2.15-x86_64-9_slack14.0.txz 62c30b615e38ba63cafb8053383eabde glibc-i18n-2.15-x86_64-9_slack14.0.txz 152d094ab6bc4c7f763dd4ad1a53784c glibc-profile-2.15-x86_64-9_slack14.0.txz b256163bb179d1aebfda5f45270a0580 glibc-solibs-2.15-x86_64-9_slack14.0.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware 14.1 packages: 8f2fb91bb39d8a1db3bd6510295e6b1e glibc-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz 8d179820a827a4dce028b57d3fa39237 glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz 19a4824c6ff8792a1166a38ceff824e0 glibc-profile-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz 417dede2ae464059002b6fcc2048f942 glibc-solibs-2.17-i486-10_slack14.1.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 packages: 490ce11a13439e30ff312769cc4fabb1 glibc-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1.txz cd145e0d6a12b15d5282d7d1b3de92ed glibc-i18n-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1.txz 93aea777dd41dc1c631dce1cf252bf14 glibc-profile-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1.txz 6b759039a5b3f8c88b3753e722ded78e glibc-solibs-2.17-x86_64-10_slack14.1.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz
Slackware -current packages: 395d4ad5fb71c4a56a500c3e51d07c8b a/glibc-solibs-2.20-i486-2.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 a/glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz 3ca2827446e66d0d2d0e0bc8c55ba1ed l/glibc-2.20-i486-2.txz 94105b1a10c42ce0995f8ace6b4f06a8 l/glibc-i18n-2.20-i486-2.txz fcc2ad4f5aad3a7d704d708a170c5351 l/glibc-profile-2.20-i486-2.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current packages: 25129dd9dfed8a8e834c87ba40c1ef17 a/glibc-solibs-2.20-x86_64-2.txz 61278ba5a904a7474e9b0b64b0daab97 a/glibc-zoneinfo-2014j-noarch-1.txz b8ff5e308769d8e4eddccd9940058d5c l/glibc-2.20-x86_64-2.txz 8c3db9286aa93346d25ffad38178137b l/glibc-i18n-2.20-x86_64-2.txz 21f2a62d975b433f570cd5129cdc21fb l/glibc-profile-2.20-x86_64-2.txz

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security advisory critical threat glibc Slackware remote control GHOST

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