OpenSSL security update

New openssl packages are available for VL 5.9 to fix security issues. More details about this issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0891 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1672

Be sure slapt-get or gslapt installs openssl-solibs and the new openssh as well, or your secure shell will not work!

openssl (Secure Sockets Layer toolkit) The OpenSSL certificate management tool and the shared libraries that provide various encryption and decryption algorithms and protocols. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org). This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).

openssl-solibs (OpenSSL shared libraries) These shared libraries provide encryption routines required by programs such as openssh. They are also used by KDE's Konqueror web browser to provide secure web connections. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org). This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com).