news 28 Posted July 11, 2017 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] rpcbind (SSA:2017-191-02) New rpcbind 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/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Patched a bug which can cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion. Thanks to Robby Workman. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8779 (* 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/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.2 package: 97493f015343ca71530229f84d2c2883 rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: b716552c539e1645c953ac262aecefe1 rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: e4abfe31a8843f8075792890d8d6c509 n/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9cf44524e55f2aa365455821f3756c48 n/rpcbind-0.2.4-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz If rpcbind is running, restart it: # /etc/rc.d/rc.rpc restart +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
