New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue.

[slackware-security] openssl (SSA:2019-354-01)

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:
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patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a low severity security issue:
Fixed an an overflow bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure used in
exponentiation with 512-bit moduli.
For more information, see:
  https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20191206.txt
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1551
(* 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! :-)

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additional mirror sites near you.

Updated packages for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-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-1.0.2u-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/openssl10-solibs-1.0.2u-i586-1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/openssl10-1.0.2u-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/openssl10-solibs-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/openssl10-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 packages:
3702a752b6916911666b3bd372b043ce openssl-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
4648eb489834f226169bf13e2ee06061 openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 packages:
c114da2209510d47b59ded5af7dd8610 openssl-1.0.2u-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
e4b1c5a3f87e7cd92e05ec19c52e9761 openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current packages:
fee7474fb4e0be59a0a1da866cfe4f5b a/openssl10-solibs-1.0.2u-i586-1.txz
b3e7d484a352406ba822ddf5f6dbe9ff n/openssl10-1.0.2u-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
1f180cb72a66080dcf7fc95083197cab a/openssl10-solibs-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz
6d269275da2fb00f13df65a5b12edd37 n/openssl10-1.0.2u-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg openssl-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz openssl-solibs-1.0.2u-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

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