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Slackware 10.2: SSA:2006-045-07 Minor: PHP Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2006
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Fresh php modules introduced for Slackware 10.2 aimed at fixing security vulnerabilities and enhancing overall reliability.
New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix minor security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-4.4.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to php-4.4.2. Claims to fix "a few small security issues". For more information, see: https://www.php.net/releases/4_4_2.php (* Security fix *) patches/packages/php-4.4.2-i486-2.tgz: Rebuilt the package to clean up some junk dotfiles that were installed in the / directory. Harmless, but sloppy... Thanks to Krzysztof Oledzki for pointing this out. patches/packages/php-4.4.2-i486-3.tgz: Fixed some more bugs from the 4.4.2 release... hopefully the third time is the charm. Replaced PEAR packages for which the 4.4.2 release contained incorrect md5sums: Archive_Tar-1.3.1, Console_Getopt-1.2, and HTML_Template_IT-1.1.3. (this last one was also not upgraded to the stable version that was released on 2005-11-01) Sorry to have delayed the advisories, but these bugs had to be fixed first. IMHO, the security issues are of dubious severity anyway, or a

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Where Find New Packages

Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 10.2 package: 94afdf14dc0a5970fab35e0eb217acfa php-4.4.2-i486-3.tgz
Slackware -current package: 2928735246962c93cbb7cf84d06eb354 php-4.4.2-i486-3.tgz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg php-4.4.2-i486-3.tgz

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