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Updated MariaDB packages has been released for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues.



mariadb (SSA:2020-133-01)

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-5.5.68-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes potential denial-of-service vulnerabilities.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-2752
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-2812
(* 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-5.5.68-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-5.5.68-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/mariadb-10.4.13-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/mariadb-10.4.13-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
9168ac8bf56f07a9310d4719515d6758 mariadb-5.5.68-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
a0307db4e5b1880944131d4c06f727dd mariadb-5.5.68-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
b5550fe9f61f1ca0acb69c67ecc7d298 ap/mariadb-10.4.13-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
86d15f161b4641554cdb4a8a79ecc2e2 ap/mariadb-10.4.13-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mariadb-5.5.68-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

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