Slackware 14.2: SSA:2017-209-01 Critical: Squashfs-Tools Update Fixes DoS
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July 28, 2017
New squashfs-tools 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/squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a couple of denial of service issues and other bugs. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4645 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4646 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
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to the Slackware project! :-)
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additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/squashfs-tools-4.3-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.2 package:
2c56a6bcd946acfedfa84b5edd2eb261 squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
012fa8db56e0c1a12af39db629d00438 squashfs-tools-4.3-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
3c17a62f74b91a8e1c44a09129b96015 ap/squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
905e8ec1a6045dc3741a85e57df8c156 ap/squashfs-tools-4.3-x86_64-2.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz
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