Slackware: 2020-248-01 Medium: Gnutls Application Crash Issue
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September 4, 2020
New gnutls 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/gnutls-3.6.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. libgnutls: Fixed "no_renegotiation" alert handling at incorrect timing, which could lead to an application crash. [GNUTLS-SA-2020-09-04, CVSS: medium] (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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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:
c27ee4f5098d4178d7e06bd3f6038e8c gnutls-3.6.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
651a259c928cc39d5af17fce96b10fe6 gnutls-3.6.15-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
a074d1d4866434105cc8b49f1e8d9c07 n/gnutls-3.6.15-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a07138a96e554830165e564514c49c06 n/gnutls-3.6.15-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gnutls-3.6.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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