From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] libgcrypt (SSA:2017-180-04)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:35:07 -0700 (PDT)





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[slackware-security] libgcrypt (SSA:2017-180-04)

New libgcrypt packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Mitigate a local flush+reload side-channel attack on RSA secret keys
dubbed "Sliding right into disaster".
For more information, see:
https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/627
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7526
(* 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 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
204496613f4747c2d5578527483c4bd4 libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
22d1d1de8cfabc896afd94338df3d53c libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
83f8139bb564ffbea9590a429c7ca856 n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cfa6085a8832331bd70d484a92704af6 n/libgcrypt-1.7.8-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libgcrypt-1.7.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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