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Slackware 14.0 SSA:2023-045-02 Moderate: Libpng Security Fix

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2013
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent freetype updates for Slackware tackle several security flaws affecting different versions.
New freetype packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes several security bugs that could cause freetype to crash or run programs upon opening a specially crafted file. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5668 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5669 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5670 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update slackware libpng freetype

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.1 package: 4d5295c13a8a4499d0adf3999b3de868 freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: fd6d0cb912feb28ca1e4ef5afaf4e374 freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: 2d36e3d0feabecf05377265bba7fb212 freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 396fbce466003efe9943b727c3fc8781 freetype-2.4.11-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 9e3a839ad4e10824f5e3c4d4ab929787 freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: e4f445a443e2c35349f2862c69ac094e freetype-2.4.11-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 9eae4d85099556bd0cf83b2421e751cd freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 0480a082207c0cd323c3937ac36e043a freetype-2.4.11-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 5a105c177d2efc56ad13cac3a4e8da10 freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: e07e161d4b9018cc8b8d5cbb98c8b2c5 freetype-2.4.11-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 10fa0b771447a25afe289f0e5f4785f6 l/freetype-2.4.11-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: d560da3a4928881d89d19ccdafd94e25 l/freetype-2.4.11-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update slackware libpng freetype

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg freetype-2.4.11-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

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