New shadow packages are available for Slackware 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/shadow-4.1.4.3-i486-2_slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt.
Corrected a packaging error where incorrect permissions on /usr/sbin/lastlog
and /usr/sbin/faillog allow any user to set login failure limits on any
other user (including root), potentially leading to a denial of service.
Thanks to pyllyukko for discovering and reporting this vulnerability.
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new package:
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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 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/shadow-4.1.4.3-i486-2_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/shadow-4.1.4.3-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/shadow-4.1.4.3-i486-2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/shadow-4.1.4.3-x86_64-2.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.1 package:
6af48ee8f22b4c429d8d12b45600c440 shadow-4.1.4.3-i486-2_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
627d993c084ba4ad541d23c31e8507cc shadow-4.1.4.3-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
522bb5ec7234e0a06c5f805e349a65c0 a/shadow-4.1.4.3-i486-2.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
5eeb1ce5410ba3b721525ca90c669e1d a/shadow-4.1.4.3-x86_64-2.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg shadow-4.1.4.3-i486-2_slack13.1.txz
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