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Slackware 14.1: 2016-039-02 Critical: Libsndfile DoS Attack Fix

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Calendar Grey February 8, 2016
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent libsndfile updates for Slackware address several critical security flaws, specifically vulnerabilities linked to denial-of-service attacks and potential arbitrary code execution.
New libsndfile packages are available for Slackware 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/flac-1.3.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update is needed by the latest version of libsndfile. patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes security issues which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9496 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9756 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7805 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical software patch DoS Slackware system fix libsndfile

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 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.37 package: 70dc94408249576926e3b5ba2a5430a6 libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 3630ea222b36917bcb6c7f5c5a50ca61 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: a1444976de780af4526d128430ce1acb libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 1176788490e501c306e909ce1059e731 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 7ded54ad7fde158dc088e122371d4cfa libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 3021e9eaf9081c66099575c9fa5dbf44 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package: bdb21f513021f6660fdca1f485d79ea6 l/libsndfile-1.0.26-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 16e5de5b07c277b3ae49c763a8adeb0b l/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory critical software patch DoS Slackware system fix libsndfile

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Please note that you'll need the new flac package as well.

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