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Slackware 14.2: SSA:2018-096-01 moderate: Fix Arbitrary Execution

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Calendar Grey April 7, 2018
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Slackware operating systems have received updates to address vulnerabilities related to arbitrary code execution, enhancing security and safeguarding sensitive data from threats
New patch packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/patch-2.7.6-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fix arbitrary shell execution possible with obsolete ed format patches. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000156 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue patch software fix patch management Slackware arbitrary execution

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Updated package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/patch-2.7.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/patch-2.7.4-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/patch-2.7.4-i486-2_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/patch-2.7.4-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/patch-2.7.4-i486-2_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86...

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Slackware 13.0 package: 00f35653789d712f57fee6fd1a835c92 patch-2.7.4-i486-2_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: bf6e8933c44da065140b0454494ba98c patch-2.7.4-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 4c65685da4d67a92b328448322b50deb patch-2.7.4-i486-2_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 38e180dbd12a98fc7f90a9778ad7d11f patch-2.7.4-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: c2f3110b04876a3cfc3161768c74f77f patch-2.7.4-i486-2_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 629fe112ebf36b9650cf5da59d8311f4 patch-2.7.4-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 6d178922fbfd8975a93056c9830f1a21 patch-2.7.6-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 498c13fa8188b43adf464aad371e3526 patch-2.7.6-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 96d7a27bc2f424de367d24272e5b9977 patch-2.7.6-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 12577a53b0e9aa01ec1c1a179418b5f5 patch-2.7.6-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 670e0e3a2a2aa8384a23401b81a6f149 patch-2.7.6-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: ca19d09f667e342854629acf0a8cc65e patch-2.7.6-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: 5381cd04d5d311001c5bc096521bdf25 a/patch-2.7.6-i586-2.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 6856f79a72dc3af760590822930ac64f a/patch-2.7.6-x86_64-2.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue patch software fix patch management Slackware arbitrary execution

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg patch-2.7.6-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

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