New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:OpenSSL Update (SSA:2018-087-01) for Slackware Linux
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patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2o-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Constructed ASN.1 types with a recursive definition could exceed the stack.
For more information, see:
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20180327.txt
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0739
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
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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 packages for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2o-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2o-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openssl-1.0.2o-i586-1.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/openssl-1.0.2o-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 packages:
da9f2722857ded8e5cf988ff0dc65f08 openssl-1.0.2o-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
03bce74c0dcf6da73210adef707d73aa openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 packages:
4f2fef1db8f553256f10bac1ad42051e openssl-1.0.2o-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
9078d3922ba33c485b2d9c2c31b5e51d openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current packages:
aeee674776fd68d8e072735eefe49a53 a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-i586-1.txz
251b71906702c23be07e05dff9748aea n/openssl-1.0.2o-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
e996dd070c1f03a1b8ad641f06864188 a/openssl-solibs-1.0.2o-x86_64-1.txz
82e3c675670cb7bd2b9f960af9096df6 n/openssl-1.0.2o-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg openssl-*.txz