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Slackware 14.1 SSA:2015-111-11 Moderate: PPP Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2015
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Fresh ppp packages rolled out for Slackware to tackle pressing security vulnerabilities and enhance functionalities across multiple versions.
New ppp packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Fixed a potential security issue in parsing option files. Fixed remotely triggerable PID overflow that causes pppd to crash. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3158 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3310 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update security fix Slackware PPP PID overflow

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 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz
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MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: 30d20e64656991fdfb2017a32d311124 ppp-2.4.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: d6d3040cc8aab3b8b88198f0cc101491 ppp-2.4.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: d53159984b0b36c235b26dcee0b20bbd ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 884672494eb0a1a69a5a2eb41b106375 ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: d53159984b0b36c235b26dcee0b20bbd ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 884672494eb0a1a69a5a2eb41b106375 ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: d53159984b0b36c235b26dcee0b20bbd ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 884672494eb0a1a69a5a2eb41b106375 ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 0b687906618d09cf2bc93ef9a781d0d3 ppp-2.4.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: d8c95b3ba96c6bac307e2e0be6652f5e ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package: ada5abf34078375e729a8bc0440daab6 n/ppp-2.4.7-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: ef6aa765fe16ac49b81f9d6a239f314a n/ppp-2.4.7-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update security fix Slackware PPP PID overflow

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ppp-2.4.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz

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