A curl security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.

slackware-security: curl (SSA:2021-202-02)

[slackware-security] curl (SSA:2021-202-02)

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-7.78.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
CURLOPT_SSLCERT mixup with Secure Transport
TELNET stack contents disclosure again
Bad connection reuse due to flawed path name checks
Metalink download sends credentials
Wrong content via metalink not discarded
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22926
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22925
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22924
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22923
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-22922
(* 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-7.78.0-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-7.78.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/curl-7.78.0-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-7.78.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/curl-7.78.0-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-7.78.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/curl-7.78.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/curl-7.78.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
36c0577e4fb5ec3916ca08723c02745d curl-7.78.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
89bdac9fbe9219ff4feb03a2c879bea9 curl-7.78.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
b5fbcd000bf09c0a46d1ad6ff369f91a curl-7.78.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
53d76579584b6ede3487d7f7eb915ba9 curl-7.78.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
91be99e064eda0e0f6099495ba21117d curl-7.78.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
c99a8249e4b1b37dc01c17545d6346e3 curl-7.78.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
305305032335ed9455dd253f331b43f7 n/curl-7.78.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0cb3ee1ff68eac68483d529146a28b23 n/curl-7.78.0-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg curl-7.78.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz