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Slackware 15.0: SSA-2023-124-01 Critical: Libssh Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2023
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Explore the recent libssh security patch for Slackware that tackles significant vulnerabilities such as authentication evasion.
New libssh packages are available for Slackware 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: A NULL dereference during rekeying with algorithm guessing. A possible authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature under low-memory conditions. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1667 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2283 (* Security 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 14.2:
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:

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Slackware 14.2 package: 5814ca2a8f7c883ac51c3ef6c5ffb090 libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 0fabb45327ef142279d4de2de9041384 libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware 15.0 package: b31b395c18e98609f0febc5293791cea libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 8cb461e06c787929c77da35740440f41 libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 8dd95d34cbf73c80bc1ce4c879c0828c l/libssh-0.10.5-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 7c5b1ef89aed33ad6f1d2280c7cfe6d1 l/libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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