[slackware-security]  apr-util (SSA:2009-167-02)

New apr-util (and apr) packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1,
12.2, and -current to fix security issues.  The issues are with apr-util, but
older Slackware releases will require a new version of the apr package as well.

More details about the issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0023
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1955


Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz:  Upgraded.
patches/packages/apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz:  Upgraded.
  Fix underflow in apr_strmatch_precompile.
  Fix a denial of service attack against the apr_xml_* interface
  using the "billion laughs" entity expansion technique.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0023
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1955
  (* 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 packages for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/apr-1.3.5-i486-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/apr-1.3.5-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/apr-util-1.3.7-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 11.0 packages:
ac9c2bd1c832b3c0c6591e5093d22574  apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
11c43b25594f4f80d2e9a57d2c5e7529  apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 packages:
7530bd4fabcfb8bfead159317deb1d9d  apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
920adee38b69d8ab622ae7e24f02b6f5  apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 packages:
a37e104e2f1e7fe431fdfe8dd9f9419b  apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
74c0246803ed50eab16ef77bf65a2d6a  apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 packages:
e276ed3382240e432c10f36617713413  apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
49fa603e108d01ade6314b9a1c436ef1  apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
606c7f33edb9de39b1fd79aa3b87fe0a  apr-1.3.5-i486-1.txz
453715fe39f01072d03a694ac3efd3f1  apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1.txz

Slackware64 -current packages:
e461c38f40409b9116ba961a54da158b  apr-1.3.5-x86_64-1.txz
4575a1349995790b06f7063fdd389f01  apr-util-1.3.7-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg apr-1.3.5-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz apr-util-1.3.7-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Then restart any services that use apr-util.


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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