news 28 Posted May 28, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] rdesktop (SSA:2008-148-01) New rdesktop packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue caused by using rdesktop to connect to a malicious or compromised RDP server. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1801 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to rdesktop-1.6.0. According to the rdesktop ChangeLog, this contains a: "* Fix for potential vulnerability against compromised/malicious servers (reported by iDefense)" For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1801 (* 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 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: e451e7af91e89791ef17d7254eafa16e rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: d63a47606886d8d3f00ae67e8f8cde5f rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: cd4c708a373d84bd559b6bf9f637ff73 rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: ae267363051c7d0af749e4e95b69f862 rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
