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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] udev (SSA:2009-111-01)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:36:50 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  udev (SSA:2009-111-01)

New udev packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2,
and -current to fix security issues.

The udev packages in Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current
contained a local root hole vulnerability:
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1185

The udev packages in Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current had an integer
overflow which could result in a denial of service:
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1186

Note that udev is only used with 2.6 kernels, which are not used by default
with Slackware 10.2 and 11.0.


Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/udev-141-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz:
  Upgraded to udev-141.
  This upgrade fixes a local root hole and a denial of service issue.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1185
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1186
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

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 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/udev-064-i486-4_slack10.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/udev-097-i486-11_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/udev-111-i486-6_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/udev-118-i486-4_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/udev-141-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/udev-141-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 10.2 package:
4bfa5de16024b6d5ddfe19aea0794bef  udev-064-i486-4_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0 package:
024033959fd5586079de2daacec96eb1  udev-097-i486-11_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
da24ba5c832c38d96ea87fbd4997e20b  udev-111-i486-6_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
7068aab244ff3df7775ba1bc6b75b409  udev-118-i486-4_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 package:
7be35f9ebfce6c1512f083d57c913ea1  udev-141-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware -current package:
53b946e0313fda94686e4bde19271072  udev-141-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg udev-141-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Then, restart udev:
# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.udev restart


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

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