New irssi 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:Irssi (SSA:2017-190-01) for Slackware
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patches/packages/irssi-1.0.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes two remote crash issues as well as a few bugs.
For more information, see:
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_07.txt
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10965
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10966
(* 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/irssi-1.0.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/irssi-1.0.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/irssi-1.0.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/irssi-1.0.4-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
87b988e8a87302f0ee3917a340b4c9b8 irssi-1.0.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
52c6601b41d94ca73329cd81c98a22e7 irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
42b62c9e2e5a0eb4604c36a44871306d irssi-1.0.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
fb4f383fb573564edf512ebdcfcb8bce irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
17cc4ee7de34cce9c1d9580e4bb3ee28 irssi-1.0.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
be9c0c60efa20e5e5128feaae5a6cd9b irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
9929782b9ccacab3cfb1c3afc4741199 n/irssi-1.0.4-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
6402f3e445cf08a454b07a718f0bb358 n/irssi-1.0.4-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg irssi-1.0.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
After installing the updated package, one can issue the /upgrade command
to load the new binary. TLS connections will require /reconnect.