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Slackware: 2016:203-02 Critical: PHP Update for Security Issues

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2016
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The latest PHP packages targeting security vulnerabilities have been released for various Slackware variants. Discover the steps to perform the upgrade.
New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-5.6.24-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see: https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5385 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6207 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software upgrade critical update slackware php package

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 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.0 package: 712cc177c9ac10f3d58e871ff27260dc php-5.6.24-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 47f6ad4a81517f5b2959abc73475742b php-5.6.24-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: aea6a8869946186781e55c5ecec952b0 php-5.6.24-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: ab16db742762605b9b219b37cdd7e8db php-5.6.24-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: c88a731667e741443712267d9b30286a php-5.6.24-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: ed5b31c94e2fb91f0e6c40051f51da1c php-5.6.24-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: c25a85fece34101d35b8785022cef94d n/php-5.6.24-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 17f8886fc0901cea6d593170ea00fe7b n/php-5.6.24-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory security issue software upgrade critical update slackware php package

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg php-5.6.24-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Then, restart Apache httpd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start