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Slackware64-14.1 ChangeLog (2015-04-21)
Tue Apr 21 23:44:00 UTC 2015
Packages
Upgraded
- patches/packages/bind-9.9.6_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Fix some denial-of-service and other security issues.
For more information, see:
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01166/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01161/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01167/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1349
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8500
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8680
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3214
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
* Use ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption [CVE-2014-3591].
See http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~tromer/radioexp/ for details.
* Fixed data-dependent timing variations in modular exponentiation
[related to CVE-2015-0837, Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attacks
are Practical].
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3591
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0837
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/httpd-2.4.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
This update fixes the following security issues:
* CVE-2014-3583 mod_proxy_fcgi: Fix a potential crash due to buffer
over-read, with response headers' size above 8K.
* CVE-2014-3581 mod_cache: Avoid a crash when Content-Type has an
empty value. PR 56924.
* CVE-2014-8109 mod_lua: Fix handling of the Require line when a
LuaAuthzProvider is used in multiple Require directives with
different arguments. PR57204.
* CVE-2013-5704 core: HTTP trailers could be used to replace HTTP
headers late during request processing, potentially undoing or
otherwise confusing modules that examined or modified request
headers earlier. Adds “MergeTrailers” directive to restore legacy
behavior.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3583
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3581
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8109
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-5704
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/libssh-0.6.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
This update fixes some security issues.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0017
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8132
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-31.6.0esr-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefoxESR.html
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-31.6.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird.html
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/ntp-4.2.8p2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
In addition to bug fixes and enhancements, this release fixes the
following medium-severity vulnerabilities involving private key
authentication:
* ntpd accepts unauthenticated packets with symmetric key crypto.
* Authentication doesn't protect symmetric associations against DoS attacks.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1798
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1799
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/openssl-1.0.1m-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Fixes several bugs and security issues:
o Segmentation fault in ASN1_TYPE_cmp fix (CVE-2015-0286)
o ASN.1 structure reuse memory corruption fix (CVE-2015-0287)
o PKCS7 NULL pointer dereferences fix (CVE-2015-0289)
o DoS via reachable assert in SSLv2 servers fix (CVE-2015-0293)
o Use After Free following d2i_ECPrivatekey error fix (CVE-2015-0209)
o X509_to_X509_REQ NULL pointer deref fix (CVE-2015-0288)
o Removed the export ciphers from the DEFAULT ciphers
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0286
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0287
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0289
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0293
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0209
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0288
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/php-5.4.40-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
This update fixes some security issues.
Please note that this package build also moves the configuration files
from /etc/httpd to /etc, /etc/php.d, and /etc/php-fpm.d.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9709
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0231
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1351
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1352
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2301
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2305
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2331
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2783
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3330
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.4e-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Patched an issue where mod_copy allowed unauthenticated copying
of files via SITE CPFR/CPTO.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3306
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/qt-4.8.6-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Fixed issues with BMP, ICO, and GIF handling that could lead to a denial
of service or the execution of arbitrary code when processing malformed
images.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0295
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1858
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1859
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1860
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/seamonkey-2.33.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey.html
(* Security fix *)
Rebuilt
- patches/packages/mutt-1.5.23-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz
Patched a vulnerability where malformed headers can cause mutt to crash.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9116
(* Security fix *) - patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz
Fixed a potential security issue in parsing option files.
Fixed remotely triggerable PID overflow that causes pppd to crash.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3158
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3310
(* Security fix *)