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[slackware-security]  libgcrypt (SSA:2018-164-01)

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-1.7.10-i586-1_slack14.2.txz:  Upgraded.
  Use blinding for ECDSA signing to mitigate a novel side-channel attack.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0495
  (* 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-1.7.10-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-1.7.10-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/libgcrypt-1.8.3-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/libgcrypt-1.8.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
905a3ea281f19326f371539f3ba2d15b  libgcrypt-1.7.10-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
c704fdf306753bec0948d7693d716f8f  libgcrypt-1.7.10-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
ec0d626fcc917daea6e0fad3fd6c66d8  n/libgcrypt-1.8.3-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
364f1ceb671af8a4ab47ba38a91a200b  n/libgcrypt-1.8.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libgcrypt-1.7.10-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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