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Slackware 14.2: SSA:2016-219-04 Critical: Stunnel Client Cert Fix

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2016
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New version of stunnel released for Slackware to resolve security vulnerabilities related to client certificate requests and verification configurations.
New stunnel packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/stunnel-5.35-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixes security issues: Fixed malfunctioning "verify = 4". Fixed incorrectly enforced client certificate requests. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update security fix Slackware stunnel client certificate

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:
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 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: f851d47b2bb8fdd6e5562c0233aa51ee stunnel-5.35-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 3bc7b74e15d29224a7934b1e3ae1be3f stunnel-5.35-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: bde3b85dfe6532a7605fb562c7111db0 stunnel-5.35-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 14d11556b9c655a8694a7a9ea2cf7c73 stunnel-5.35-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: ee18b740a0c8e409f3645330017a968e stunnel-5.35-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: b3da66494d731dc8c3a14ecaaa51b80a stunnel-5.35-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 5ef90d639d3fb228230a5ca81eb3f9cd stunnel-5.35-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 3caeb94a85e1ea088380a4e2adb67368 stunnel-5.35-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: eb9368942b21022941d942958e36be6b stunnel-5.35-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 7119ca1b4fb29c2ba5259e7424e1463c stunnel-5.35-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 27813f43047b8fd5a1938b9941e5ce82 stunnel-5.35-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: fca9ace8551711035e751e1c28d59bce stunnel-5.35-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: f61ddcd459e12ef76181f54bfafc214b n/stunnel-5.35-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: e9afb09f40a8d944912214d3b5c946d2 n/stunnel-5.35-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software update security fix Slackware stunnel client certificate

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg stunnel-5.35-i586-1_slack14.2.txz