[slackware-security]  mtr (SSA:2008-210-06)

New mtr packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to
fix a security issue.

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-2008-2357


Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mtr-0.73.
  This fixes a minor security bug where a very long hostname in the trace path
  could lead to an overflow (and most likely just a crash).
  (* Security fix *)
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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
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/mtr-0.73-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 12.0 package:
a6e7fb366f0cff5b1911566a64eb4e68  mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
db3acb5ce1d51eee9065b02c951b1e81  mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
004f78f13e150f34d25b5c586b211ca7  mtr-0.73-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
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