Slackware: 2024-295-01: openssl Security Advisory Update
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October 21, 2024
New openssl packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openssl-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Apply patch to fix a security issue: Harden BN_GF2m_poly2arr against misuse. This CVE was fixed by the 1.1.1zb release that is only available to subscribers to OpenSSL's premium extended support. The patch was prepared by backporting from the OpenSSL-3.0 repo. The reported version number has been updated so that vulnerability scanners calm down. Thanks to Ken Zalewski for the patch! For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9143 (* Security fix *) patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
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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/openssl-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/openssl-1.1.1zb-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.1.1zb-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 15.0 package:
bc3ff191e19ec27b384056420cb2109c openssl-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
c8465e76a2801dbae13c4e519b4ad91b openssl-solibs-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
4e693fe5a69f57968c829c59f8b89c6b openssl-1.1.1zb-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
ff52911f9a5dafd4efc46afcbddb3831 openssl-solibs-1.1.1zb-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg openssl-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz openssl-solibs-1.1.1zb-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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