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Slackware 14.x: 2016-092-02 Critical: PHP Security Package Update

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2016
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Recent PHP modules have been introduced for Slackware to tackle urgent security vulnerabilities and strengthen overall system robustness.
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-5.6.20-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see: https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical fix system integrity Slackware PHP software maintenance

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: 3035d987383a4c886da12aac34061e9a php-5.6.20-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: f0d09a9f4d063469ec521070e7321180 php-5.6.20-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 0e782c919b4178837a46cc35e531b57f php-5.6.20-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 21d009222c27f235805bbe82e71a3cfa php-5.6.20-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package: 318dbd4a5b6833f0ef643544c43276e7 n/php-5.6.20-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 02da2a7e68369c601769a6f495885a97 n/php-5.6.20-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical fix system integrity Slackware PHP software maintenance

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg php-5.6.20-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Then, restart Apache httpd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start