-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] apr (SSA:2009-219-02) New apr packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2412 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/apr-1.3.8-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded. Fix overflow in pools and rmm, where size alignment was taking place. [Matt Lewis, Sander Striker] For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2412 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 (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 11.0: apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: l/apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1.txz Updated package for Slackware64 -current: l/apr-util-1.3.9-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: dfb02bf26c81e640916ab1ad9b3a67ae apr-1.3.8-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 30a9120cc1e77e07e48f1f4b2fa75f40 apr-1.3.8-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: c1e7dcb613541281b1fd491442d5e94f apr-1.3.8-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: cfb3a4a245b83a25f51e5552e39b2aa4 apr-1.3.8-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 4807d86a16ffff5f1d4974f1d5151cc1 apr-1.3.8-i486-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: 223252fbe0ffb7aa836eab131a1bef84 apr-1.3.8-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg apr-1.3.8-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+