A ntp security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

ntp (SSA:2023-153-02)

ntp (SSA:2023-153-02)

New ntp packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26551
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26552
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26553
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26554
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26555
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
6499c3a8f2b21d06848f589a1f96fe2b ntp-4.2.8p16-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
971b27c0ee14a4e530882628c092fa01 ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
dc8c121370b085ce1212bc45bf914d92 ntp-4.2.8p16-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
81f4368218472fcd589426102c1c2564 ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
8b9e22994ce2c3e4a7705470ffed2877 ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
237adf9c8782bd6942b2e099117c694e ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
bd147c1bb181bbaea43fc4ba7170fba3 ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
5a61a4d85f959f34d4cbad5655265c18 ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
9691d0ba62a3d7f929477dc129738be7 n/ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
ae4b28260065039cb26813fbd9541633 n/ntp-4.2.8p16-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg ntp-4.2.8p16-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Then, restart the NTP daemon:
# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd restart

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Slackware Linux Security Team
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