New cups packages are available for Slackware 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue.

cups (SSA:2023-173-01)

cups (SSA:2023-173-01)

New cups packages are available for Slackware 14.2, 15.0, and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/cups-2.4.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed use-after-free when logging warnings in case of failures
in cupsdAcceptClient().
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34241
(* 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/cups-2.1.4-i586-4_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/cups-2.1.4-x86_64-4_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/cups-2.4.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/cups-2.4.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/cups-2.4.6-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/cups-2.4.6-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
a1c3921c39c5fbfa15d5f31c367cbc22 cups-2.1.4-i586-4_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
886ea4b6e32db3f9986a0bf3b55e0ade cups-2.1.4-x86_64-4_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
08d7253a799f3e130e99daacffe6ffc6 cups-2.4.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
5e8dab51da5da6fa24168c17070cab61 cups-2.4.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
d45e3fa3ef968fb788ce06a96566d50c ap/cups-2.4.6-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
02efdfcaebed0057fbdc4f321462e80b ap/cups-2.4.6-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg cups-2.4.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Then, restart the cups server:
# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.cups restart

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