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Slackware 14.2: 2017-213-01 Critical: GnuPG Encryption Issue

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Calendar Grey August 2, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest gnupg updates for Slackware address a serious vulnerability. Ensure your system's safety by upgrading now.
New gnupg packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.22-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Mitigate a flush+reload side-channel attack on RSA secret keys dubbed "Sliding right into disaster". For more information, see: https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/627 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7526 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory gnupg critical software update slackware encryption issue

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 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: b2f6469a30e705f26803c72dfbb2c15d gnupg-1.4.22-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 742e44fea11b8c8fef156a89bfab4d6d gnupg-1.4.22-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 6817a7682cb5b3283dab8037351fbecb gnupg-1.4.22-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 07c910c3675914481ddf4a5e34c83dd2 gnupg-1.4.22-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 4453520ea77d60db00bcf4618373eeb6 gnupg-1.4.22-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 18b4648560ed1275c3bf11f4a6e64507 gnupg-1.4.22-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 3fc2e39130de65a1620e751998449fc2 gnupg-1.4.22-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: eab56a3f23a8a64c7c143ed8e6693977 gnupg-1.4.22-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: ec4f533375a2b252f183f0481732ddd5 gnupg-1.4.22-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: e07559c72d1846fa4c7765f094f3bb09 gnupg-1.4.22-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 7d043e91bb764c239a084f8c47a57a68 gnupg-1.4.22-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 7fc66cac3f7c6d66989e1f9712a8ab79 gnupg-1.4.22-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: 733a02f58b77047d3b36e4d6453e4587 n/gnupg-1.4.22-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: d730df9ab12b2f15905bcba9ffe61ea9 n/gnupg-1.4.22-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory gnupg critical software update slackware encryption issue

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gnupg-1.4.22-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

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