Slackware 14.0-14.2: 2020-064-01 Critical: ppp Memory Corruption
slackware
March 4, 2020
New ppp packages are available for Slackware 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/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: By sending an unsolicited EAP packet to a vulnerable ppp client or server, an unauthenticated remote attacker could cause memory corruption in the pppd process, which may allow for arbitrary code execution. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8597 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp...
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
2b3bb2dddfc38eac2fba20bb46359ae5 ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
e4e74a259397f901746cc3f9aa541320 ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
b387c4a220c35dc85ff7ca5d8b67fdaf ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
fad1deff4c3ab51029860de52cca9abf ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
12f80bee6fccbcd6f307483218878a8f ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
48da9ec1268dbbc5a7b4a82ce176f317 ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
1be83644da426f7fa6c2ac6b47cabdc1 n/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d9c1818afcbf1a51657ee64de0bd0b38 n/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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