Slackware 12.0: 2009-086-02 Critical Update For Glib2 Overflow
slackware
March 28, 2009
New glib2 packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix overflows that may be security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/glib2-2.16.6-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz: This library has been patched to fix overflows that are possible security holes. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4316 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/glib2-2.12.12-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/glib2-2.14.6-i486-5_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/glib2-2.16.6-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 12.0 package:
84261839ea98ac522055b65d7e9bc606 glib2-2.12.12-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package:
a9df347691fef98582c20b56c85b10c3 glib2-2.14.6-i486-5_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package:
5e4f04dd315c8ba597f9f73bf0a37b3e glib2-2.16.6-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware -current package:
f4067116de6091aecd925872db32272c glib2-2.18.4-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg glib2-2.16.6-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz
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