[slackware-security] libssh (SSA:2016-057-01)

[slackware-security]  libssh (SSA:2016-057-01)

New libssh packages are available for Slackware 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/libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz:  Upgraded.
  Fixed weak key generation.  Due to a bug in the ephemeral secret key
  generation for the diffie-hellman-group1 and diffie-hellman-group14
  methods, ephemeral secret keys of size 128 bits are generated, instead
  of the recommended sizes of 1024 and 2048 bits, giving a practical
  security of 63 bits.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0739
  (* 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 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libssh-0.7.3-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
76526494e39f1ddeb5a385a2913eb105  libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
b21ad5638e9eb16080fe7231a38f368a  libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
698ee24d452a5b40d022f5c15eb10fb1  libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
63a3b5c088bbdc6906b369c8df73e4da  libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
553ffb7b4506007207da4bcdce3e23d4  l/libssh-0.7.3-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
2647645e60db0e669a398664a91c4ecd  l/libssh-0.7.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libssh-0.7.3-i486-1_slack14.1.txz


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