Slackware: SSA:2003-273-01 Critical: OpenSSL Denial Of Service Issue

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: Tue Sep 30 16:16:35 PDT 2003 patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.7c. patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.7c. This update fixes problems with OpenSSL's ASN.1 parsing which could lead to a denial of service. It is not known whether the problems could lead to the running of malicious code on the server, but it has not been ruled out. For detailed information, see OpenSSL's security advisory: openssl We recommend sites that use OpenSSL upgrade to the fixed packages right away. (* Security fix *) WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES: Updated packages for Slackware 8.1: Updated packages for Slackware 9.0: Updated packages for Slackware 9.1: Updated packages for Slackware -current: MD5 SIGNATURES: Slackware 8.1 packages: b16847083943c529ff63a07331d1818f openssl-0.9.6k-i386-1.tgz a371561b0f2148149abc662d02b17381