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Slackware 14.1: 2015-354-01 Urgent OpenSSL Package Security Notification

New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] bind (SSA:2015-349-01) New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/bind-9.9.8_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes three security issues: Update allowed OpenSSL versions as named is potentially vulnerable to CVE-2015-3193. Insufficient testing when parsing a message allowed records with an incorrect class to be be accepted, triggering a REQUIRE failure when those records were subsequently cached. (CVE-2015-8000) Address fetch context reference count handling error on socket error. (CVE-2015-8461) For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3193 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8000 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8461 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://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 13.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: Updated package for Slackware 13.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: Updated package for Slackware 13.37: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: Updated package for Slackware 14.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: Updated package for Slackware 14.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.0 package: ef466df7b5c30de3b1823ae2ef7c0820 bind-9.9.8_P2-i486-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 4d6fd1a921302be279fb00b8f3c5209f bind-9.9.8_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz Slackware 13.1 package: de9cea0aaf0123e1b480582a97b5a483 bind-9.9.8_P2-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 3d06836402ee2265194d819bf59ebef5 bind-9.9.8_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware 13.37 package: 084270843411521f1d5f7dfee0faf05a bind-9.9.8_P2-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 2cb2bfdb94e52725bccecea29e5a5bc1 bind-9.9.8_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: b653a7dd7b8591ccbd434bb2ec2e395f bind-9.9.8_P2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: d6db5ba1f2c1ae0c99457b1866d9b752 bind-9.9.8_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: ffaf96b22a3148f23d6cb0349c4fa745 bind-9.9.8_P2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 5382418d8d2044f567934b24f280592b bind-9.9.8_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware -current package: 8a998dd407304fb10e8df8c92655ff54 n/bind-9.10.3_P2-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 545b71ea3107b6a7796fb21cf1dfd311 n/bind-9.10.3_P2-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.9.8_P2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart +-----+ . Recent updates for Arch Linux tackle significant security flaws, particularly regarding OpenSSH weaknesses and network service interruptions.. Bind Package Security, Slackware Updates, Network Service Issues. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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