A netatalk security update has been released for Slackware Linux 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

netatalk (SSA:2023-261-01)

netatalk (SSA:2023-261-01)

New netatalk packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current
to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and a security issue:
Validate data type in dalloc_value_for_key(). This flaw could allow a
malicious actor to cause Netatalk's afpd daemon to crash, or possibly to
execute arbitrary code.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42464
(* 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/netatalk-3.1.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
6d44efba42b454e6d1e72228c7dbfaef netatalk-3.1.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
12ce22c0affcf5427896bcaf9e470353 netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
8d40f2b3804b539e7a212cea13e686a4 netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
6f112bfc903082daa48edc53c0cdc252 netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
a4254d295ab952ebcc6c3304283e685d netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
fac40713001dcfdd358a5a3d71954f8e netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
326bb249553923a39080cf2c0ff454e1 n/netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
436ec49d3a5a5150cd1892c8e9503b58 n/netatalk-3.1.17-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg netatalk-3.1.17-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key