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[slackware-security]  curl (SSA:2017-279-01)

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/curl-7.56.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes a security issue:
  libcurl may read outside of a heap allocated buffer when doing FTP.
  For more information, see:
    https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2017-1000254.html
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000254
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
880c7281862df00ffe344295bd422f7a  curl-7.56.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
6025ce06e93ddf6520f5bc731ff0888d  curl-7.56.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
0d887113412626fcc3f4fefa72456a6c  curl-7.56.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
1d99e50e4a8f0ea7efe4784fb0b68ac8  curl-7.56.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
4130d13192b46d033d7d7931628733d5  curl-7.56.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
de3bf8673814b9a4f07b04de8719357a  curl-7.56.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
80d914f7e63eaef96538ae032227dfea  n/curl-7.56.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
19b32807404f534a5ce33cd0a3f31a01  n/curl-7.56.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg curl-7.56.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz


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