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Slackware: 2024-290-01: libssh2 Security Advisory Update

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2024
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New libssh2 packages fix a critical security flaw related to the Terrapin Attack on Slackware systems. Update urgently.
New libssh2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libssh2-1.11.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. src: add 'strict KEX' to fix CVE-2023-48795 "Terrapin Attack." For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48795 (* Security fix *)

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Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://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/libssh2-1.11.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libssh2-1.11.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libssh2-1.11.1-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libssh2-1.11.1-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 7f1f862a1753e93d5416a61aa8017078 libssh2-1.11.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: c340f1c1cca794b4766e9df27495b60a libssh2-1.11.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: fe91d7142f14ca1f09ddd82db22544a8 l/libssh2-1.11.1-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 4e1ed4ddd560a4bb11daea68dd7e60d0 l/libssh2-1.11.1-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libssh2-1.11.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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