A curl security update has been released for Slackware Linux.

slackware-security: curl (SSA:2020-232-01)

[slackware-security] curl (SSA:2020-232-01)

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-7.72.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
libcurl: wrong connect-only connection [98]
For more information, see:
  https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.html
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8231
(* 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-7.72.0-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-7.72.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/curl-7.72.0-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-7.72.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/curl-7.72.0-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-7.72.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/curl-7.72.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/curl-7.72.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
31aee2a732314bd413b5aaf33080ac88 curl-7.72.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
19e9dd1f05e47dba32e0ef5f1ebd4634 curl-7.72.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
9d115b97a1f5a79c47ebd0505322b13d curl-7.72.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
d5d9bae33c307bd62716e3f6fa43965b curl-7.72.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
a99fc33b4255a92295f4dfc689d07f14 curl-7.72.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
9a6feb52277c1456e47462dba54fb7ee curl-7.72.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
7973ec1d64cce7598d2db39a18feb493 n/curl-7.72.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
72af835c81783bd056df6feab8299644 n/curl-7.72.0-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg curl-7.72.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz