New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:PHP (SSA:2018-341-01) Update for Slackware
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Several security bugs have been fixed in this release:
Segfault when using convert.quoted-printable-encode filter.
Null pointer dereference in imap_mail.
imap_open allows to run arbitrary shell commands via mailbox parameter.
PharData always creates new files with mode 0666.
Heap Buffer Overflow (READ: 4) in phar_parse_pharfile.
For more information, see:
https://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.39
(* 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-5.6.39-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-5.6.39-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/php-5.6.39-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-5.6.39-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/php-5.6.39-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/php-5.6.39-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/php-7.2.13-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/php-7.2.13-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
78c5a8b2d5a8aa43c781957bb680eedb php-5.6.39-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
f73a7ccc351ea7ccbdb0d113b70763a5 php-5.6.39-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
91bb5c34252e48d876df6a8616867999 php-5.6.39-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
b6fe41853e097164c774b1215bf2b4a2 php-5.6.39-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
185efd8bddcb02ac0b3a75e759cbc0e8 php-5.6.39-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
0c3f03445509cad73b1570b4575e00da php-5.6.39-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
4d0aab33ad6405fd71ee5a4330a7b894 n/php-7.2.13-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f172ef4f37b3956b524a465c8bc93f80 n/php-7.2.13-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg php-5.6.39-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Then, restart Apache httpd:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop
# /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start