Slackware: 2018-212-01 Critical: File Package DoS Update
slackware
July 31, 2018
New file 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/file-5.34-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a denial of service crash when processing a crafted ELF file. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10360 (* Security fix *)
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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:
594288bd638ab937ca124224185745c8 file-5.34-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
b0e7e6928c9cd5ab2e57bf8fe638ecea file-5.34-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
d1f2e67aa586b29106716bccca0c1254 file-5.34-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
6b80aff970625b044616f1b6d33174f1 file-5.34-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
cbf8105b10ed26f305b9f063dfcd9a56 file-5.34-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
db3ac31e11d8c21f160ceed3440ee741 file-5.34-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
e38e06e16c568f5ac665141e922fa48e a/file-5.34-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
33b43ec2735e90d73a51fa8ed7df2350 a/file-5.34-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg file-5.34-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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