A curl security update has been released for Slackware Linux 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and current.

curl (SSA:2023-284-01)

curl (SSA:2023-284-01)

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/curl-8.4.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Cookie injection with none file.
SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow.
For more information, see:
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38546.html
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38545.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38546
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38545
(* 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-8.4.0-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-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/curl-8.4.0-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-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/curl-8.4.0-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-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/curl-8.4.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/curl-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/curl-8.4.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/curl-8.4.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
c5856271ee53ae936025066c04c4e663 curl-8.4.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
5ab9ada8dbb82d5cb3872a2a6ed9a4f9 curl-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
9c1ca359acd95360e49ba2a3e8f843a5 curl-8.4.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
411339a27545d4c752c78516bd9a797e curl-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
3a5bc572fab74a0cf05187ec910cc791 curl-8.4.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
eab3e2d3188c1c46ae1c0e227f3f8504 curl-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
57fb9f6743088f715c6d361b582e1fe8 curl-8.4.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
7f8d884a6bbfa716996f251e799a6ff9 curl-8.4.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
0e62f805dd963a9f375b6368f46e30ae n/curl-8.4.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d31b1d73ebde626b7a2ae6c2213d3d6c n/curl-8.4.0-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg curl-8.4.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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