A libarchive (SSA:2020-043-01) security update has been released for Slackware Linux.

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

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libarchive-3.4.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update includes security fixes in the RAR5 reader.
(* 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/libarchive-3.4.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libarchive-3.4.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libarchive-3.4.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libarchive-3.4.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.4.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.4.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
06951c059869635bdbde2ead0a50e9de libarchive-3.4.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
57b1658959057ef8476248490b4e229a libarchive-3.4.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
a119da1bc8d4a760cf28df615c2ba215 libarchive-3.4.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
3e386a3569f3965d2bc7c1e7ff88e39e libarchive-3.4.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
0700543cb6e4ecf9f6324c283f1fd354 l/libarchive-3.4.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
4136e17bc25686da4cf20790d592b2a6 l/libarchive-3.4.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.4.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz