[SSA:2023-124-01] libssh

New libssh packages are available for Slackware 14.2, 15.0, and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog

patches/packages/libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
A NULL dereference during rekeying with algorithm guessing.
A possible authorization bypass in pki_verify_data_signature under
low-memory conditions.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1667
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2283
(* Security fix *)


Where to find the new packages

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 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libssh-0.10.5-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures

Slackware 14.2 package:
5814ca2a8f7c883ac51c3ef6c5ffb090 libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
0fabb45327ef142279d4de2de9041384 libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
b31b395c18e98609f0febc5293791cea libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
8cb461e06c787929c77da35740440f41 libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
8dd95d34cbf73c80bc1ce4c879c0828c l/libssh-0.10.5-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7c5b1ef89aed33ad6f1d2280c7cfe6d1 l/libssh-0.10.5-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libssh-0.10.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz