news 28 Posted August 4, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] pan (SSA:2008-217-02) New pan packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue. 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-2008-2363 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to pan-0.133. This update fixes a buffer overflow in pan-0.128 through pan-0.132 when processing .nzb files. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2363 (* 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/pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pan-0.133-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: 1099a432fa576b1284156efebe2a5daf pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 323a29587a49606dd77089670a8da830 pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: b53a793c8c12c848457cf4fdccea4186 pan-0.133-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
