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Slackware 12.1 Advisory - 2008-210-04 Critical Links Proxy Threat

New links packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue when using proxies. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] links (SSA:2008-210-04) New links packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue when using proxies. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3329 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/links-2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to links-2.1. Unspecified vulnerability in Links before 2.1, when "only proxies" is enabled, has unknown impact and attack vectors related to providing "URLs to external programs." For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3329 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional 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 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/links-2.1-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/links-2.1-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/links-2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package forSlackware -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: 938eccef79b71343d4e2f13ef4454450 links-2.1-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 0207e7720de54574ef773a0e1f3a35e8 links-2.1-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 343b0f3f6b33d1097faafa66c777651b links-2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: f137305bc4c7ea5fd0670760b10d653d links-2.1-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg links-2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz +-----+ . Updated link bundles for Slackware address a vulnerability concerning proxy access. Users are urged to apply updates promptly.. Links Packages, Slackware Updates, Proxy Threats, Software Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 29, 2008 •Critical Slackware