New curl 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/curl-7.62.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes the following security issues:
SASL password overflow via integer overflow.
Use-after-free in handle close.
Warning message out-of-buffer read.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16839
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16840
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16842
(* 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-7.62.0-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-7.62.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/curl-7.62.0-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-7.62.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/curl-7.62.0-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-7.62.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/curl-7.62.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/curl-7.62.0-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
a4b8a0757bedd75e94be1ff3ae5c0bbe curl-7.62.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
5c68e645e220e02c61aaa659269956f9 curl-7.62.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
9b196b30aef3aae4d8b6aeab0757c0b3 curl-7.62.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
7deb522d39e254e9156fd81298b2c084 curl-7.62.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
aaf133c0a0c3ed588c1a410411acb628 curl-7.62.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
3af015f7d4e5ba7b70ed9317359a8f15 curl-7.62.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
2f32a6f369233fba579538faddc60323 n/curl-7.62.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
225764cacf3d5591fc131318e7ab9023 n/curl-7.62.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg curl-7.62.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key

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