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New bzip2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Fixes security issues:
bzip2recover: Fix use after free issue with outFile.
Make sure nSelectors is not out of range.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3189
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12900
(* 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/bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
8a94c11d7ef85966c8cf4eddb169b6b9 bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
86e7066ee23ccbc43912f8fdf242d7f4 bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
157e83b4270d4520fd1640f3e4a793e9 bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
2a0494c27ffa73deaf9cfe616edbbdbc bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
49b34a9ebf71d346b1f99c2524d046bc bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
5c6ba8d29eb16000f072a8e364836921 bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
50e813124cd298552694171a9ca535ef a/bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c6f4170f1b14065b4fb2594d8ad73e71 a/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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