New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 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/curl-7.56.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
IMAP FETCH response out of bounds read may cause a crash or information leak.
For more information, see:
https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20171023.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000257
(* 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 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/curl-7.56.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/curl-7.56.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/curl-7.56.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/curl-7.56.1-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
0a1acf8166ee7cf124a486ea84e59da8 curl-7.56.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
1a183f689d432e8e1605d1f3464cb787 curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
f0794260c6915b74a55f974960383f30 curl-7.56.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
cb24ce0a88ed77e7c590c926252108d6 curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
08d82482f137fa0835f40b62a4b83c66 curl-7.56.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
acee4561dc57ae3b99e6f7d21b7b27ab curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
5340f972cf3d38c14d698b4e0aeddda1 n/curl-7.56.1-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
4b4fbe96e19d3d6b07200ae66edec2ce n/curl-7.56.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg curl-7.56.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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