New gd packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:GD Update (SSA:2018-108-01) for Slackware
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This update fixes two security issues:
Double-free in gdImagePngPtr() (denial of service).
Buffer over-read into uninitialized memory (information leak).
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6362
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7890
(* 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 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.2.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/gd-2.2.5-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/gd-2.2.5-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
00f7ac709aebd7e2d83c106496a67503 gd-2.2.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
55090c6941dea831bdc6ad78d47055d9 gd-2.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
c996a52a4eed3ccc5af79320d27ef9f8 l/gd-2.2.5-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
e9a5c2882717f1df8d25c7b1ae03ecb5 l/gd-2.2.5-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gd-2.2.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz