[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: openssl-0.9.6e-1

[Kim Scarborough]

> > Shouldn't openssh, lynx, wget, etc. be recompiled against the new openssl
> > libs?
>
> According to the security announcement, yes.
>
> This should only apply to apps which are linked statically against
> OpenSSL, though.

Well, that would be all of those, I believe.

> Other than that, it's the responsibility of the maintainer of these
> packages to do that.

Are they aware that this needs to be done? This is a fairly serious security
hole, especially in the case of openssh.

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Kim Scarborough                                  Web Systems Administrator
University of Chicago/NSIT                       (773) 834-7740
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