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Slackware 14: 2018-257-01 Critical: PHP XSS Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2018
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest php updates for Slackware address vulnerabilities such as XSS in Apache. Ensure your system is secure by upgrading now!
New php 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/php-5.6.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. One security bug has been fixed in this release: Apache2: XSS due to the header Transfer-Encoding: chunked For more information, see: https://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (* Security fix *)

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: ad5fca90b02bfdaf0ec6dc4b75c119ee php-5.6.38-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: e1ae9acc6cbffe533d57ea18d06875bb php-5.6.38-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: d19e2d8131fab3808c14b827bc3a195f php-5.6.38-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 62d2e74591d5fc9ef6ab41dfe509fc43 php-5.6.38-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 4411520ef83c9cadd0eac17c9b33f8ef php-5.6.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 9dcbc800e62882d13dcedc1930a68911 php-5.6.38-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: f4311e3990ee91fcd92269b26d6c3604 n/php-7.2.10-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 4d48395a12865252b5828cb046dcfc92 n/php-7.2.10-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg php-5.6.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Then, restart Apache httpd: # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop # /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start

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