A curl (SSA:2020-176-01) security update has been released for Slackware Linux.

slackware-security: curl (SSA:2020-176-01)

[slackware-security] curl (SSA:2020-176-01)

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-7.71.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
curl overwrite local file with -J [111]
Partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect [48]
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8177
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8169
(* 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-7.71.0-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-7.71.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/curl-7.71.0-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-7.71.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/curl-7.71.0-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-7.71.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/curl-7.71.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/curl-7.71.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
543a93181bfe5ef265594febef9b01f9 curl-7.71.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
ab2d93357aa5ce6f4ab6fcec0e52f19c curl-7.71.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
1957d2bc07b95f1d15eeb994d43dbe2f curl-7.71.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
4e22ea0b03c564b57ab37f24f594619d curl-7.71.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
9ed5fed890249c2ed2a7e65ab0356f12 curl-7.71.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
73e680b23886d2210082036a14a5b550 curl-7.71.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
7df19bce3edcfcb0ccf3cc1313e7f6f7 n/curl-7.71.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
294660a4daee5def015e89e3dcaa0dd4 n/curl-7.71.0-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg curl-7.71.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz