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[slackware-security]  c-ares (SSA:2023-142-01)

New c-ares packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes bugs and security issues:
  0-byte UDP payload causes Denial of Service.
  Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs.
  Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton().
  AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32067
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31147
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31130
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31124
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
7e5363abc94f1d4a507055b3dd51e76b  c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
010557e82678ad022f7f6e7147856c19  c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
618f32c0a74a4336f4427bdcb02521a3  n/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c3b2b4a3400f24104ca99a7258a594d4  n/c-ares-1.19.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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