-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] apr-util (SSA:2009-219-03) New apr-util 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-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded. Fix overflow in 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: Updated package for Slackware 12.0: Updated package for Slackware 12.1: Updated package for Slackware 12.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: 9baa25b2f587ffad1d159f1fba16076c apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: a77d38c2aaeb33defdd21341d333aeec apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 1c7e513180d33583902815b8134ea79c apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 439f26a9493f12ef98ff6bc22eb61c09 apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: a968abfacb66fa6959384b995af5f3bf apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1.txz Slackware64 -current package: ab0b42a896f38d3d9309e9af1428bce9 apr-util-1.3.9-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg apr-util-1.3.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+