Slackware: 2016-172-01 Critical: Libarchive Package Security Update
slackware
June 20, 2016
New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libarchive-3.2.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes several critical bugs, including some with security implications. (* Security 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 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.1 package:
1850b5d6432529f6be2cab1742c26593 libarchive-3.2.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
23098669ee8382889d926ef24ec00d91 libarchive-3.1.2-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
c63dd1f11bf407b15210023c8eb8e5f6 l/libarchive-3.2.1-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
b31802aa3e1fee839a08de25f97917c0 l/libarchive-3.2.1-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libarchive-3.2.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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