news 28 Posted February 27, 2016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libssh (SSA:2016-057-01) New libssh packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed weak key generation. Due to a bug in the ephemeral secret key generation for the diffie-hellman-group1 and diffie-hellman-group14 methods, ephemeral secret keys of size 128 bits are generated, instead of the recommended sizes of 1024 and 2048 bits, giving a practical security of 63 bits. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0739 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libssh-0.7.3-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: 76526494e39f1ddeb5a385a2913eb105 libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: b21ad5638e9eb16080fe7231a38f368a libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 698ee24d452a5b40d022f5c15eb10fb1 libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 63a3b5c088bbdc6906b369c8df73e4da libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware -current package: 553ffb7b4506007207da4bcdce3e23d4 l/libssh-0.7.3-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 2647645e60db0e669a398664a91c4ecd l/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
