New OpenSSL packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Under certain conditions, an attacker acting as a "man in the middle" may force a client and server to fall back to the less-secure SSL 2.0 protocol.



More details about this issue may be found here:

http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20051011.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2969


Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz: Patched.
Fixed a vulnerability that could, in rare circumstances, allow an attacker
acting as a "man in the middle" to force a client and a server to negotiate
the SSL 2.0 protocol (which is known to be weak) even if these parties both
support SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0.
For more details, see:
http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20051011.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2969
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz: Patched.
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated packages for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.6m-i386-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.6m-i386-2.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7d-i386-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i386-2.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7e-i486-4.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7e-i486-4.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 8.1 packages:
233579e9b0f6acccb2a4de2328283bca openssl-0.9.6m-i386-2.tgz
47a01aeb5b8a8626759ed7679cab7994 openssl-solibs-0.9.6m-i386-2.tgz

Slackware 9.0 packages:
dc48ea28db265ac7d962f579b3af16e0 openssl-0.9.7d-i386-2.tgz
7fa49277ec5c2876d093f0946bc5a018 openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i386-2.tgz

Slackware 9.1 packages:
e6f519e5e556e6a59cbe653a4306764e openssl-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz
e316aa71fe6711e05fe5bca27155ab11 openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz

Slackware 10.0 packages:
3a0d650e1d6c78def45b807b16842d4f openssl-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz
9c8576aaf5f30a5a443535220936d5bc openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz

Slackware 10.1 packages:
31ac4c1e3bfea98c5ebc16561cf4b79d openssl-0.9.7e-i486-4.tgz
9627ae6903a776c2ec47e99414153c9d openssl-solibs-0.9.7e-i486-4.tgz

Slackware 10.2 packages:
1453988b55ae1e7befd325b139d37ea3 openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz
bb7713fcf4b0942210fd78c6d2a23196 openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
1453988b55ae1e7befd325b139d37ea3 openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz
bb7713fcf4b0942210fd78c6d2a23196 openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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