[slackware-security] ppp (SSA:2015-111-11)

[slackware-security]  ppp (SSA:2015-111-11)

New ppp packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1,
and -current to fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz:  Rebuilt.
  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 *)
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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 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/ppp-2.4.7-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/ppp-2.4.7-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
30d20e64656991fdfb2017a32d311124  ppp-2.4.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
d6d3040cc8aab3b8b88198f0cc101491  ppp-2.4.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
d53159984b0b36c235b26dcee0b20bbd  ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
884672494eb0a1a69a5a2eb41b106375  ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
d53159984b0b36c235b26dcee0b20bbd  ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
884672494eb0a1a69a5a2eb41b106375  ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
d53159984b0b36c235b26dcee0b20bbd  ppp-2.4.5-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
884672494eb0a1a69a5a2eb41b106375  ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
0b687906618d09cf2bc93ef9a781d0d3  ppp-2.4.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
d8c95b3ba96c6bac307e2e0be6652f5e  ppp-2.4.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
ada5abf34078375e729a8bc0440daab6  n/ppp-2.4.7-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
ef6aa765fe16ac49b81f9d6a239f314a  n/ppp-2.4.7-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg ppp-2.4.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz


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