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Slackware 14.0, 14.1 PHP Update: Critical Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2016
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Recent php updates for Slackware address various security vulnerabilities and improve system interoperability. Key modifications featured in this release.
New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-5.6.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. ***************************************************************** * IMPORTANT: READ BELOW ABOUT POTENTIALLY INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES * ***************************************************************** PHP 5.4.x has been declared EOL (end of life) and is no longer receiving upstream support. PHP 5.5.x is also no longer on active support status and security fixes will continue only until 5 months from now. For this reason we have provided PHP 5.6 packages as security updates. Be aware that PHP 5.6 is not 100% compatible with PHP 5.4, and some changes may be required to existing web pages written for PHP 5.4. For information on how to migrate from PHP 5.4, please see: https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration56.php The final PHP 5.4 packages may be found in /pasture in case there is a need to

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security advisory software upgrade slackware php update security issues important fix

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 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 14.0 package: 69eba2b2193b19396987c73ef901a68a php-5.6.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 23d8436b3e90027bb7ffb7b0cf8e918c php-5.6.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: a3958009db7633258fbd7ebaf5952a5c php-5.6.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: f1b1cfdf325e66590bdad15170968fee php-5.6.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package: 239e452ac1570edfb9a574098c8e6b7b n/php-5.6.17-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 02a07c1a33d393bb67b7ade06dc4d237 n/php-5.6.17-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg php-5.6.17-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Then, restart Apache httpd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start Finally, make sure to make any needed changes for compatibility with PHP 5.6. See the links mentioned above.