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Slackware: 2022-269-01 Critical: Dnsmasq DHCPv6 Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 26, 2022
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest dnsmasq updates launched for Slackware to fix major security vulnerability and improve overall system robustness.
New dnsmasq packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fix write-after-free error in DHCPv6 server code. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0934 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory package update slackware system integrity dnsmasq DHCPv6 fix

Where Find New Packages

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 package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.87-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.87-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.87-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.87-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.87-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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Slackware 14.0 package: 1db4e3364f3be0ccae34984d2e803cef dnsmasq-2.87-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: ecd52aa29afff1b18ddb049897abd640 dnsmasq-2.87-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 4c04c1f48629f301cb2abb7cee8eea22 dnsmasq-2.87-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: a19630ef0908675210e21e10ec406de0 dnsmasq-2.87-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 342ba86cbe7f4b972038a3e51153a14f dnsmasq-2.87-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 38ab4b05d2ba65a104ffd5290c3d63f3 dnsmasq-2.87-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware 15.0 package: d46b1bd271d0a546edb1910adaf3a1fa dnsmasq-2.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 7725009c52a75d08d276de84cf9636e5 dnsmasq-2.87-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: ab6a0c26b64069021b6fa085ce4eacf6 n/dnsmasq-2.87-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: a86ef97db21f9a048792e0c29ddf6d0b n/dnsmasq-2.87-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory package update slackware system integrity dnsmasq DHCPv6 fix

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg dnsmasq-2.87-i586-1_slack15.0.txz If dnsmasq is running, restart it: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq restart

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