New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues.



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.37-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0384
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2419
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2430
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2431
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2432
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2436
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2438
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2440
(* 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/mariadb-5.5.37-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.37-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/mariadb-5.5.37-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/mariadb-5.5.37-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
4f1ef6e62db25acad48797f1519b5318 mariadb-5.5.37-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
6e2f4150517d51207cb0497deb165185 mariadb-5.5.37-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
406d83de540387aa53e88892d4132552 ap/mariadb-5.5.37-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d3c6bad8f9eec1d287c7b99e9ebba26f ap/mariadb-5.5.37-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mariadb-5.5.37-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Then, restart the database server:
# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld restart


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