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[slackware-security] gnutls (SSA:2025-039-01)

Posted on 09 February 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] gnutls (SSA:2025-039-01)

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/gnutls-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
libgnutls: Fix potential DoS in handling certificates with numerous name
constraints, as a follow-up of CVE-2024-12133 in libtasn1. The bundled
copy of libtasn1 has also been updated to the latest 4.20.0 release to
complete the fix. Reported by Bing Shi.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12243
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/gnutls-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/gnutls-3.8.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/gnutls-3.8.9-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/gnutls-3.8.9-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
8bb547f4411f41ed0c22cfb75d41e217 gnutls-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
d3c00000cc99c4b853bb4ac8a656c777 gnutls-3.8.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
28561b5695682f22f68ef0ec30f5ad06 n/gnutls-3.8.9-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
dfee94759ad28a22098af4d94a0a944e n/gnutls-3.8.9-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gnutls-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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