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Slackware: Critical GnuPG2 Realloc Bug Fix for 2010-240-01 Release

New gnupg2 packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gnupg2 (SSA:2010-240-01) New gnupg2 packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.14-i486-3_slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix "Realloc Bug with X.509 certificates in GnuPG". For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2547 (* 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 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.4-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.9-i486-2_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.9-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.12-i486-2_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.12-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.14-i486-3_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.14-x86_64-3_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: d4fd5033a8d84ca1b24f5ec8d2b5dcec gnupg2-2.0.4-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: f06f083946e1567a558d339982e9982e gnupg2-2.0.9-i486-2_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: b1cdbd61297affafe01ea4740e900ef9 gnupg2-2.0.9-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: 513900baef7865900d0bb026d252e112 gnupg2-2.0.12-i486-2_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 8f1a8ff8e567940794060f9d5e34ed9b gnupg2-2.0.12-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz Slackware 13.1 package: 4b1241472b91e1d2b9704852ba3a1d5f gnupg2-2.0.14-i486-3_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 7a7d35d3aec7d5ba0169c92f7f47c9f6 gnupg2-2.0.14-x86_64-3_slack13.1.txz Slackware -current package: eb31dd8fea4da735f188990e67231839 n/gnupg2-2.0.16-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 764c74e54177d6f6bd39bd5b5ecf6a98 n/gnupg2-2.0.16-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gnupg2-2.0.14-i486-3_slack13.1.txz +-----+ . Fresh gnupg2 updates have been released for Slackware to tackle security concerns, correcting flaws found in earlier editions.. gnupg2, security patch, slackware update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 28, 2010 •Critical Slackware