Op de slackware security list een paar belangrijke meldingen over fixes voor Slackware 8 ivm security:
A buffer overflow has been found in the glob(3) function in glibc.
Fixed packages for Slackware 8.0 are now available.
Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog:
Fri Jan 11 14:07:07 PST 2002
patches/packages/glibc.tgz, patches/packages/glibcso.tgz:
Fixed a buffer overflow in the glob(3) function. This bug may be
exploited through external services that might make use of it, like the
port of OpenBSD's FTP server (not included in Slackware, but an example
that's known to be affected). It's highly recommended that internet-
connected machines or machines with local users who might try to exploit
setuid root binaries be upgraded as soon as possible.
Thanks to Flávio Veloso and Jakub Jelinek for finding this problem and
working out a patch.
We urge all Slackware users to upgrade to these new glibc packages as soon
as possible.
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
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Updated glibc package for Slackware 8.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/patches/packages/glibc.tgz
Updated glibcso package for Slackware 8.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/patches/packages/glibcso.tgz
MD5 SIGNATURES:
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Here are the md5sums for the packages:
b01db77386dfcd292018701c68d312d5 glibc.tgz
857ac96829be1b409503ba8ee1e96d63 glibcso.tgz
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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Simply upgrade as root:
# upgradepkg glibcso.tgz glibc.tgz
Remember, it's also a good idea to backup configuration files before
upgrading packages.
- Slackware Linux Security Team
http://www.slackware.com
[Edit]En er schijnt ook nog een security fix voor pine te zijn waar ik (nog) geen mail van heb gehad. Changelog:An exploitable overflow has been found in the address handling code of the
mutt mail client version 1.2.5i supplied with Slackware 8.0. A new
mutt-1.2.5.1 has been released which addresses this problem, and packages
are now available for Slackware 8.0 and -current.
We urge all Slackware users to upgrade to this new version of mutt as soon
as possible.
WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGES:
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Updated mutt package for Slackware 8.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/patches/packages/mutt.tgz
Updated mutt package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/mutt-1.2.5.1/packages/mutt-1.2.5.1-i386-1.tgz
MD5 SIGNATURES:
---------------
Here are the md5sums for the packages:
Slackware 8.0:
3172435c584b0cb22ede37b7fafc25c6 mutt.tgz
Slackware -current:
3172435c584b0cb22ede37b7fafc25c6 mutt-1.2.5.1-i386-1.tgz
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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Simply upgrade (or install) as root:
# upgradepkg mutt.tgz
or
# installpkg mutt.tgz
Remember, it's also a good idea to backup configuration files before
upgrading packages.
- Slackware Linux Security Team
http://www.slackware.com
Slackware-8.0 Security Update -- Pine update fixes insecure URL-handling:
Posted Sunday, January 13, 2002 by mRgOBLIN
Pine 4.44 packages are now available to fix a problem with insecure URL handling.
Fixed packages for Slackware 8.0 are now available.
Full details of this are in the Slackware-8.0 ChangeLog.txt
Patch is:
Updated pine package for Slackware 8.0:
We recommend upgrading Pine as soon as possible.