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Slackware: 2017-275-01 Moderate: dnsmasq Arbitrary Code Issues

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Calendar Grey October 2, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Handling urgent dnsmasq vulnerabilities across various Slackware releases with patches and guidelines.
New dnsmasq 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/dnsmasq-2.78-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and remotely exploitable security issues that may have impacts including denial of service, information leak, and execution of arbitrary code. Thanks to Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana, Kevin Hamacher, Ron Bowes, and Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team. For more information, see: https://security.googleblog.com/2017/10/behind-masq-yet-more-dns-and-dhcp.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13704 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14491 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14492 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14493 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14494 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14495 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14496 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service information leak arbitrary code execution slackware dnsmasq

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 package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
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Slackware 13.0 package: 800a3d6b24218dc429f4134d501e86f1 dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 0105b3739bf8fe5facc69f65c0ecdef0 dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 7a64b79ea81839a6e3d7d1de1aa4be4e dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 3d8c06022e52c377cbed0d70b74deb52 dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 55d84ac9cdd80d7ce2b5f7ec729be0cc dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: c20c2d8654abfc348e57492c5e183c07 dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 26bed84f2940b0bf857c51b1b56c75f6 dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: b64f5da9dc3b8378ed6cd603699cf919 dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 3b705c73c476c1edeb969ca9b4fbcc16 dnsmasq-2.78-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: f87ca78a633e87cb82d95003bf644656 dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 3b914f91a78103da3e6be9af33a3fe01 dnsmasq-2.78-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: c8f5e3233dee57de8f46523d6ead2891 dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: a3d6c00a868f061c6ca4ae38b8f2eb39 n/dnsmasq-2.78-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: e2647e7394ce07c70243aedeee040788 n/dnsmasq-2.78-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory denial of service information leak arbitrary code execution slackware dnsmasq

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg dnsmasq-2.78-i586-1_slack14.2.txz If dnsmasq is running, restart it: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq restart

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