Slackware Security Advisory - New pcre packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues.
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[slackware-security] pcre (SSA:2015-328-01)
New pcre packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/pcre-8.38-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed overflows that could lead to a denial of service or the execution
of arbitrary code.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3210
(* 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/pcre-8.38-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/pcre-8.38-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/pcre-8.38-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/pcre-8.38-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
17909756f0f0a655fcd5a6bdfe1dc9ca pcre-8.38-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
a8b556fbac184a59b280711fe135b2ef pcre-8.38-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
6782e3065495afd3aa1c34513869121a l/pcre-8.38-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a60952dff3bcb66f69e0b0d9d6a8f93e l/pcre-8.38-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pcre-8.38-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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