[slackware-security] libxslt (SSA:2008-210-03)

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[slackware-security] libxslt (SSA:2008-210-03)

 

New libxslt packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to

fix a security issue.

 

More details about the issue may be found in the Common

Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1767

 

 

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:

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patches/packages/libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz:

Upgraded to libxslt-1.1.24.

A buffer overflow when processing XSL stylesheets could result in the

execution of arbitrary code.

For more information, see:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1767

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Where to find the new packages:

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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/libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

 

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

Updated package for Slackware -current:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1.tgz

 

 

MD5 signatures:

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Slackware 12.0 package:

05b1ef4bd3f29ec42dcd8cbff6da82ce libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

 

Slackware 12.1 package:

f3205966df9af275046d5cd3d785b94c libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

Slackware -current package:

49150c048e96386d040417646ccf094e libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1.tgz

 

 

Installation instructions:

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Upgrade the package as root:

# upgradepkg libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

 

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Slackware Linux Security Team

http://slackware.com/gpg-key

security ( -at -) slackware.com

 

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