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[slackware-security]  OpenSSL (SSA:2005-286-01)

New OpenSSL packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1,
10.2, and -current to fix a security issue.  Under certain conditions, an
attacker acting as a "man in the middle" may force a client and server to
fall back to the less-secure SSL 2.0 protocol.

More details about this issue may be found here:

    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2969


Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz:  Patched.
  Fixed a vulnerability that could, in rare circumstances, allow an attacker
  acting as a "man in the middle" to force a client and a server to negotiate
  the SSL 2.0 protocol (which is known to be weak) even if these parties both
  support SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0.
  For more details, see:
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2969
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz:  Patched.
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated packages for Slackware 8.1:

Updated packages for Slackware 9.0:

Updated packages for Slackware 9.1:

Updated packages for Slackware 10.0:

Updated packages for Slackware 10.1:

Updated packages for Slackware 10.2:

Updated packages for Slackware -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 8.1 packages:
233579e9b0f6acccb2a4de2328283bca  openssl-0.9.6m-i386-2.tgz
47a01aeb5b8a8626759ed7679cab7994  openssl-solibs-0.9.6m-i386-2.tgz

Slackware 9.0 packages:
dc48ea28db265ac7d962f579b3af16e0  openssl-0.9.7d-i386-2.tgz
7fa49277ec5c2876d093f0946bc5a018  openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i386-2.tgz

Slackware 9.1 packages:
e6f519e5e556e6a59cbe653a4306764e  openssl-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz
e316aa71fe6711e05fe5bca27155ab11  openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz

Slackware 10.0 packages:
3a0d650e1d6c78def45b807b16842d4f  openssl-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz
9c8576aaf5f30a5a443535220936d5bc  openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i486-2.tgz

Slackware 10.1 packages:
31ac4c1e3bfea98c5ebc16561cf4b79d  openssl-0.9.7e-i486-4.tgz
9627ae6903a776c2ec47e99414153c9d  openssl-solibs-0.9.7e-i486-4.tgz

Slackware 10.2 packages:
1453988b55ae1e7befd325b139d37ea3  openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz
bb7713fcf4b0942210fd78c6d2a23196  openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
1453988b55ae1e7befd325b139d37ea3  openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz
bb7713fcf4b0942210fd78c6d2a23196  openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg openssl-solibs-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz openssl-0.9.7g-i486-2.tgz


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