Slackware 15.0: 2022-281-01 Critical: Libksba Buffer Overflow Fix
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October 8, 2022
New libksba packages are available for Slackware 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libksba-1.6.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Detect a possible overflow directly in the TLV parser. This patch detects possible integer overflows immmediately when creating the TI object. Reported-by: ZDI-CAN-18927, ZDI-CAN-18928, ZDI-CAN-18929 (* 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 15.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.2 package:
e2ee393e20d8128edf7bd4954064f2df libksba-1.6.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
4183a05f6f7c56f6f13f4183763adc7c libksba-1.6.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware 15.0 package:
6b5a1099ca9448b54adcb46d897d652c libksba-1.6.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
95a929a8a735fce48af70acf27666fb3 libksba-1.6.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
dce3cc01ca8b165c489de837cbb3ece2 n/libksba-1.6.2-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
4c3ec51a2ffcf45612f528d6647277d9 n/libksba-1.6.2-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libksba-1.6.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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