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Slackware 14.2: SSA:2017-191-02 DoS Fix for Rpcbind Package Update

slackware
Calendar Grey July 10, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated rpcbind versions have been released for Slackware 14.2 and -current to address a security vulnerability linked to Denial of Service attacks.
New rpcbind packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Patched a bug which can cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion. Thanks to Robby Workman. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8779 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory package update slackware DoS fix rpcbind

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://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 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 14.2 package: 97493f015343ca71530229f84d2c2883 rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: b716552c539e1645c953ac262aecefe1 rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: e4abfe31a8843f8075792890d8d6c509 n/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9cf44524e55f2aa365455821f3756c48 n/rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory package update slackware DoS fix rpcbind

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz If rpcbind is running, restart it: # /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc restart