[slackware-security]  pan (SSA:2008-217-02)

New pan 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-2008-2363


Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz:  Upgraded to pan-0.133.
  This update fixes a buffer overflow in pan-0.128 through pan-0.132 when
  processing .nzb files.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2363
  (* 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/pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pan-0.133-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 12.0 package:
1099a432fa576b1284156efebe2a5daf  pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
323a29587a49606dd77089670a8da830  pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
b53a793c8c12c848457cf4fdccea4186  pan-0.133-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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