New tcpip packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issues with the telnet client. Overflows in the telnet client may lead to the execution of arbitrary code as the telnet user if the user connects to a malicious telnet server.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0468
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0469



Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/tcpip-0.17-i486-31b.tgz: Patched two overflows in
the telnet client that could allow the execution of arbitrary code
when connected to a malicious telnet server.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0468
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0469
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated package for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/tcpip-0.17-i386-13b.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/tcpip-0.17-i386-16b.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/tcpip-0.17-i486-24b.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/tcpip-0.17-i486-29b.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/tcpip-0.17-i486-31b.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/tcpip-0.17-i486-33.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 8.1 package:
87b10fbcc7480a702549b4816417e189 tcpip-0.17-i386-13b.tgz

Slackware 9.0 package:
f1ecdc9628575e00b12a33fd373deb4b tcpip-0.17-i386-16b.tgz

Slackware 9.1 package:
53b479b39b124c760e8a394d7a77202e tcpip-0.17-i486-24b.tgz

Slackware 10.0 package:
27bccd82765b690a1be50a0c380cfae4 tcpip-0.17-i486-29b.tgz

Slackware 10.1 package:
1372bff0f83f8147ae8adb84c10058ec tcpip-0.17-i486-31b.tgz

Slackware -current package:
6169015f5860175119d426c0170f040b tcpip-0.17-i486-33.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg tcpip-0.17-i486-33.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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