news 28 Posted December 29, 2016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] python (SSA:2016-363-01) New python packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/python-2.7.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes security issues: Issue #27850: Remove 3DES from ssl module's default cipher list to counter measure sweet32 attack (CVE-2016-2183). Issue #27568: Prevent HTTPoxy attack (CVE-2016-1000110). Ignore the HTTP_PROXY variable when REQUEST_METHOD environment is set, which indicates that the script is in CGI mode. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2183 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000110 (* 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/python-2.7.13-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/python-2.7.13-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/python-2.7.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/python-2.7.13-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/python-2.7.13-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: 42ce2e2375725fd992c17b2afbe4960d python-2.7.13-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 0778e88748ade45fba4a7cbee1fd9eb5 python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 4bee31bcfc23433f0a8b386bb64ad051 python-2.7.13-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: d7f9f71c4ad2ea100f9b96250171c670 python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: efea4e1f1f61dfd221e5487ce9fa7864 python-2.7.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 84e945560483b28283d9f9ef3ef7f329 python-2.7.13-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: 0a28044f725982b3eaf647e530c9de85 d/python-2.7.13-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 67d18569672de5dd48e4dda2f7ce0e88 d/python-2.7.13-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg python-2.7.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
