Slackware 1129 Published by

New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/php-5.4.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a flaw where a specially crafted data file may cause a
segfault or 100% CPU consumption when a web page uses fileinfo() on it.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1943
(* 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 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/php-5.4.24-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/php-5.4.24-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/php-5.4.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/php-5.4.24-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/php-5.4.26-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/php-5.4.26-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
1c864df50286602ccb2d3efbabb9d7ec php-5.4.24-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
cc0f365855b83708c82a84ea44a4ad21 php-5.4.24-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
1091912280ef2fbe271da2aa304dba36 php-5.4.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
22b91ef0428a15b3124c5b4fb911b1bc php-5.4.24-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
41157dbaae1a9c3c7b0aa82abbbb9d5c n/php-5.4.26-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
ef27596b3bbf2eba8f6c66092e8b9d21 n/php-5.4.26-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg php-5.4.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Then, restart Apache httpd:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop
# /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start

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