[slackware-security] gnupg2 (SSA:2014-175-03)

[slackware-security]  gnupg2 (SSA:2014-175-03)

New gnupg2 packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1,
and -current to fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This release includes a security fix to stop a denial of service using
  garbled compressed data packets which can be used to put gpg into an
  infinite loop.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4617
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.37 package:
cc0c37aacd0d3eab10f353d3f82f3584  gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
8c76fafd4e469785dd571ad84a679a18  gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
47bc00e244c2c52d8177fbae205b6609  gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
d76d81aa67d0806ad3a85b4e1772bd31  gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
3649d32b6fb1733320acbc47ca10ff02  gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
9f77fb4f094295c4c396d02fba3b8159  gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
a14b1af17da04ccc4651215c84682d5d  n/gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
02705c86d2231234533427c1cd5b1da3  n/gnupg2-2.0.24-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gnupg2-2.0.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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security@slackware.com

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