cyrus-sasl

New cyrus-sasl packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1,
12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. A buffer overflow in the
sasl_encode64() function could lead to a denial of service or possible
execution of arbitrary code.

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

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0688

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz:
Upgraded to cyrus-sasl-2.1.23.
This fixes a buffer overflow in the sasl_encode64() function that could lead
to crashes or the execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0688
(* 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/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 10.2 package:
e7715adc9687421e11ef18bc98a06d9b cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0 package:
9f283935b166b44fa321d89594c828bd cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
03d5b6ea37db7e6c9a69eb2d70f45368 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
e472a88dee87be4f0f8a0cdb26b71f19 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 package:
76ba85de3bde65d3d48cd6643b9a63b8 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware -current package:
089ed7728db2130f30bcf7504f961d00 cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Then, restart any network services (such as sendmail) that use the
SASL libraries.