An unusually large number of people reported that they didn't get this 
advisory, so here's another try.  Sorry if it's a dupe, or if you don't 
get this one either.  We've been working on the mail server and it's 
possible that something got misconfigured.  If so, sorry about that.


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[slackware-security]  kernel exploit fix (SSA:2008-042-01)

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 12.0, and -current to
fix a local root exploit.

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-2008-0010
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0163
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0600


Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/kernel-generic-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz:
  All of these kernel upgrades fix yesterday's local root exploit.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0010
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0163
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0600
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz:
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kernel-huge-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz:
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz:
  (* Security fix *)
If you use lilo, don't forget to run it again after the upgrade.
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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
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated packages for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-generic-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-huge-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz
The kernel patch used for the Slackware 12.0 Linux 2.6.21.5 kernel may be found here:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/source/kernel-source/splice.c.diff.gz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 12.0 packages:
ebf025aa30af925ac6817fe58811e921  kernel-generic-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz
e35c66f2d765a221b509f1b7b463c9fe  kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz
3f9e3783dd7d799a277ec3e79e8bb82d  kernel-huge-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz
0503193191731bba693ed6ce35b8c26d  kernel-huge-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
ec7ac93d303037392d1257a26280a47d  kernel-generic-2.6.23.16-i486-1.tgz
51eb6a85e88f769165b8759a3b391ac9  kernel-generic-smp-2.6.23.16_smp-i686-1.tgz
14729d0653b4f613233ec9501a12fa15  kernel-huge-2.6.23.16-i486-1.tgz
50448f876c0285667902e8b93836ab4b  kernel-huge-smp-2.6.23.16_smp-i686-1.tgz
194c5c4b0743c4d611eb3de90c4b3015  kernel-modules-2.6.23.16-i486-1.tgz
fe7eb7e5e4f09353a88db9326fbcd9a9  kernel-modules-smp-2.6.23.16_smp-i686-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the appropriate package as root:
# upgradepkg kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz

Then, if you use lilo rerun it to update the boot loader.


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