-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2016-145-01) New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libarchive-3.1.2-i486-2_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched an issue with Zip archive handling that could allow an attacker to overwrite parts of the heap in a controlled fashion and execute arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1541 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ 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/libarchive-3.1.2-i486-2_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libarchive-3.1.2-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.1.2-i586-3.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.1.2-x86_64-3.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.1 package: 36d7ea07c94eb19c7bddbb6b14085995 libarchive-3.1.2-i486-2_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 23098669ee8382889d926ef24ec00d91 libarchive-3.1.2-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz Slackware -current package: 0e1ce376d5fd570371e5ab98c9134d42 l/libarchive-3.1.2-i586-3.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 666d5136d4648aba95a55920fb9411fe l/libarchive-3.1.2-x86_64-3.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libarchive-3.1.2-i486-2_slack14.1.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAldFA2sACgkQakRjwEAQIjMI8gCbB2bY9PA8KtBqaAvgzAoAp1kG Z/wAn3O4tzq9UXabb1/Z+uz4/I6ynJSJ =SD0f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----