The following updates has been released for Slackware Linux:
grub (SSA:2015-351-01)
libpng (SSA:2015-351-02)
grub (SSA:2015-351-01)
libpng (SSA:2015-351-02)
grub (SSA:2015-351-01)
New grub packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched bug where password protection during system startup may be
bypassed by hitting the backspace key 28 times giving a rescue shell.
Thanks to Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8370
(* 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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/grub-2.00-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/grub-2.00-i586-3.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/grub-2.00-x86_64-3.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
5de408a0c4faa8c4cb7fbf926d983b17 grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
8c7c4da23a03536fc5306fce459d0695 grub-2.00-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
5a416c513f561c91bb8fc1387f6622d3 a/grub-2.00-i586-3.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
37119f35ad70e576303636cd3e9b4f0e a/grub-2.00-x86_64-3.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg grub-2.00-i486-3_slack14.1.txz
libpng (SSA:2015-351-02)
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1,
and -current to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed an out-of-range read in png_check_keyword(). Thanks to Qixue Xiao.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8540
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+
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 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.56-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.2.56-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libpng-1.6.20-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libpng-1.6.20-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
ed8ceb0c437b320bd91160587d92e004 libpng-1.2.56-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
30d8afb4ff38857e10aa18d8514d5b1e libpng-1.2.56-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package:
d117a60493f015ad58a3280168be17be libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
2803303bce5b00528656f01f4ee96f8d libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package:
dea5d9bd54fb0ff4106e4ce9ae97b19d libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
d24fc053824fe8927590cec52cc8613d libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package:
02ffbe6f6d3d7d95fc13448e50e19f98 libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
7d97fb73c97a9d06f3c379fe9e9ba689 libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
d8c14f7ac31bf20da7b5595f3d0aabe5 libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
f9ba7be319844c661e43bea5eb878b7a libpng-1.4.19-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
6f2e6e7f5f8c3760a372cc9ae3130060 l/libpng-1.6.20-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
8be8af75ec81e9463adf345c0bf48432 l/libpng-1.6.20-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libpng-1.4.19-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
