news 28 Posted April 7, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] m4 (SSA:2008-098-01) New m4 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1687 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1688 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz: Upgraded to m4-1.4.11. In addition to bugfixes and enhancements, this version of m4 also fixes two issues with possible security implications. A minor security fix with the use of "maketemp" and "mkstemp" -- these are now quoted to prevent the (rather unlikely) possibility that an unquoted string could match an existing macro causing operations to be done on the wrong file. Also, a problem with the '-F' option (introduced with version 1.4) could cause a core dump or possibly (with certain file names) the execution of arbitrary code. For more information on these issues, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1687 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1688 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/m4-1.4.11-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 8.1 package: 1179fae2c4429945c3e6441fed82709d m4-1.4.11-i386-1_slack8.1.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: d9e5769918dc1741db6bb2619f060995 m4-1.4.11-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: 796f62a0d275b1e9bc4bad8d40595a4e m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 032835fa9f150839ca0dfac4c73a5498 m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: e0dd3949d996a8fa12bc480fe2d4eda5 m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: 690aa0ae07fcb68096b7122f304a9ea1 m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware 11.0 package: c48865785be7e2ea5357a43bd625a17f m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 6655deb1e644f356b2ccf74edd3c9d4e m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware -current package: b56a401503f4285ff0f660bc6da769b8 m4-1.4.11-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg m4-1.4.11-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
