New minicom packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 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/minicom-2.7.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Fix an out of bounds data access that can lead to remote code execution.
This issue was found by Solar Designer of Openwall during a security audit
of the Virtuozzo 7 product, which contains derived downstream code in its
prl-vzvncserver component.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7467
(* 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 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/minicom-2.7.1-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
b7197571bc25f6272a49e016e75260c0 minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
5f90a004fd56dfde61e4edccc6600bf6 minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
e719abf9c97fb624c2158d119b29a8e3 minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
d096a62153dbca10477ce9c5b7f3e4cd minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
30b55c08506d65aeb34f788bcf92bbd2 minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
366d9f36aa9126d561493c9c1ee59b8f minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
e02ca4c7e052a60297487d54cea1563e minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
9b6997e949b872e539d9e20be11c3824 minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
3ea4b0a6a5161670203b56b8aa0c091b minicom-2.7.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
fb5e623fffc45aadf7fe97264e761fd9 minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
7de4ed4ba12b1868012b2a62365ca441 minicom-2.7.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
86031667476f918e824257bbf6d5d05e minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
b41864d475ac9958efe9dd5e48dbddbe a/minicom-2.7.1-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cba988ccb02f9f8772488928094ed297 a/minicom-2.7.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg minicom-2.7.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

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