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Slackware 14.2 SSA:2017-098-01 Critical LibTIFF Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent libtiff updates are available for Slackware 14.2 to tackle significant security vulnerabilities. It is advisable to upgrade.
New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libtiff-4.0.7-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8127 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8665 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8683 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3622 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3623 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3658 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5323 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5652 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5875 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9273 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9448 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix Slackware LibTIFF

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

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.2 package: a0b2f84a88036a4e8e01165d522fdf09 libtiff-4.0.7-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: fccecb6c9e1eea06607442bd6b58e63f libtiff-4.0.7-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: a1699ec0db14b6563390f78f9c9bee8e l/libtiff-4.0.7-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9e5280389d6fc4a80fb0c42a026a942c l/libtiff-4.0.7-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical security fix Slackware LibTIFF

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libtiff-4.0.7-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

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