news 28 Posted June 30, 2017 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libgcrypt (SSA:2017-180-04) New libgcrypt packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Mitigate a local flush+reload side-channel attack on RSA secret keys dubbed "Sliding right into disaster". For more information, see: https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/627 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7526 (* 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 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.2 package: 204496613f4747c2d5578527483c4bd4 libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 22d1d1de8cfabc896afd94338df3d53c libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: 83f8139bb564ffbea9590a429c7ca856 n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: cfa6085a8832331bd70d484a92704af6 n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
