news 28 Posted July 29, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] httpd (SSA:2008-210-02) New httpd packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix XSS security issues. 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-2007-5000 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6388 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/httpd-2.2.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to httpd-2.2.9. This release fixes flaws which could allow XSS attacks. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5000 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6388 (* 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 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/httpd-2.2.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/httpd-2.2.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/httpd-2.2.9-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: de480cc77306436c441eae8c5450daa7 httpd-2.2.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 18cd55af955029755736260e79670ef2 httpd-2.2.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: 76ae52c1809ec33619129096d67ce10a httpd-2.2.9-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg httpd-2.2.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Then, restart httpd: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
