[slackware-security] gnutls (SSA:2008-320-01)

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[slackware-security] gnutls (SSA:2008-320-01)

 

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

correctly fix the certificate chain verification issue that the upgrade to

gnutls-2.6.1 attempted to fix. Without this upgrade, processing a certificate

chain containing only one self-signed certificate may cause GnuTLS linked

programs to crash.

 

 

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:

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patches/packages/gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz:

Upgraded to gnutls-2.6.2.

The security fix in gnutls-2.6.1 had a flaw in cases where the

certificate chain contained only one self-signed certificate.

This update fixes the issue.

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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/gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

 

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

Updated package for Slackware -current:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1.tgz

 

 

MD5 signatures:

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Slackware 12.0 package:

da23cbc35ceafc3de50c1d32e235a1f0 gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

 

Slackware 12.1 package:

f712d39374134e84629e2c2539f6c75f gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

Slackware -current package:

7a838bc68ee6c9690a524658e0c3aefa gnutls-2.6.2-i486-1.tgz

 

 

Installation instructions:

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Upgrade the package as root:

# upgradepkg gnutls-2.6.2-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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