New php packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues, as well as make improvements and fix bugs.



Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/php-5.2.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to php-5.2.7.
In addition to improvements and bug fixes, this new version of PHP also
addresses several security issues, including:
Fixed a crash inside gd with invalid fonts (Fixes CVE-2008-3658).
Fixed a possible overflow inside memnstr (Fixes CVE-2008-3659).
Fixed security issues detailed in CVE-2008-2665 and CVE-2008-2666.
Crash with URI/file..php (filename contains 2 dots). (Fixes CVE-2008-3660).
rfc822.c legacy routine buffer overflow. (Fixes CVE-2008-2829).
Fixed extraction of zip files or directories when the entry name is a
relative path: http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-06.txt
These are the URLs to get more information:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2665
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2666
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2829
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3658
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3659
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3660
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-06.txt
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/php-5.2.7-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/php-5.2.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/php-5.2.7-i486-1.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 12.0 package:
1071fdbd8fde6ca39578e7a029485a4c php-5.2.7-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
09d2f0859b8ba82b0f928fbd6d007777 php-5.2.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware -current package:
9ebfcd7d7272ead19f6c1fbaa88b793a php-5.2.7-i486-1.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg php-5.2.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Then, restart the web server.


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