Slackware 1129 Published by

New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue.



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
kconfig: malicious .desktop files (and others) would execute code.
For more information, see:
https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-announce/2019-August/000047.html
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14744
(* 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/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-4.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-4.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
bf9cdc634d392f7c05561a7ddc298388 kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
3646da04eed2835db47afb3bab02c78b kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
a88a3859f1f7fb57df6579ba45153e80 kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-4.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cb52242ec03ff9430894b1d7aee206cf kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-4.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
  Kdelibs (SSA:2019-220-01) Update for Slackware