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Slackware 2015-349-02 Important: Security Update for Libpng Released

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2015
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Updated libpng versions have been released for Slackware systems to tackle critical vulnerabilities efficiently.
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libpng-1.4.18-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed incorrect implementation of png_set_PLTE() that uses png_ptr not info_ptr, that left png_set_PLTE() open to the CVE-2015-8126 vulnerability. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8472 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical package update libpng Slackware

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 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 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: 0ee9224ad5684fad22c1b0c90605c63b libpng-1.2.55-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: d9b29264e8312baf0c511c81ad779e59 libpng-1.2.55-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 28f6f162e3808d1dcdf6a3a98a8ccd69 libpng-1.4.18-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 156846c2db1a60cc840ed6e545ad9ec3 libpng-1.4.18-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 6c2eb1e0434a742f837b3d136d09fa89 libpng-1.4.18-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 099974c30fce3f57ba60249e6cd4ad99 libpng-1.4.18-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: b546c957f439e78bbee7bdd429953a76 libpng-1.4.18-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 66903cc8d9eea2c47698ff0776da13e2 libpng-1.4.18-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: f2dfcb4aa0a05fccf81f60f913bc7e8e libpng-1.4.18-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: c06efdbec225394a156860a4f571dd59 libpng-1.4.18-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package: 6f2e6e7f5f8c3760a372cc9ae3130060 l/libpng-1.6.20-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 8be8af75ec81e9463adf345c0bf48432 l/libpng-1.6.20-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libpng-1.4.18-i486-1_slack14.1.txz