From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] gzip (SSA:2010-060-03)
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:33:10 -0800 (PST)





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[slackware-security] gzip (SSA:2010-060-03)

New gzip packages are available for Slackware 13.0 (64-bit) and -current to
fix a security issue.

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=CVE-2010-0001


Here are the details from the Slackware64 13.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz: Upgraded.
gzip -d could segfault and/or clobber the stack, possibly leading to
arbitrary code execution. This affects x86_64 but not 32-bit systems.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0001
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/gzip-1.4-i486-1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/gzip-1.4-x86_64-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
b0eacff1e720e3f4a982523070da3b1c gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz

Slackware -current package:
bc2876f1aa1df8ec2f018c019e237111 gzip-1.4-i486-1.tgz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f794a8be6ac1f840b366c4ffca3c452d gzip-1.4-x86_64-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gzip-1.4-x86_64-1_slack13.0.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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