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[slackware-security]  openssl (SSA:2019-354-01)

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes a low severity security issue:
  Fixed an an overflow bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in
  exponentiation with 512-bit moduli.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20191206.txt
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1551
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 packages for Slackware 14.2:

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.2:

Updated packages for Slackware -current:

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 packages:
3702a752b6916911666b3bd372b043ce  openssl-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
4648eb489834f226169bf13e2ee06061  openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 packages:
c114da2209510d47b59ded5af7dd8610  openssl-1.0.2u-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
e4b1c5a3f87e7cd92e05ec19c52e9761  openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current packages:
fee7474fb4e0be59a0a1da866cfe4f5b  a/openssl10-solibs-1.0.2u-i586-1.txz
b3e7d484a352406ba822ddf5f6dbe9ff  n/openssl10-1.0.2u-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
1f180cb72a66080dcf7fc95083197cab  a/openssl10-solibs-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz
6d269275da2fb00f13df65a5b12edd37  n/openssl10-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg openssl-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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