Slackware: 2019-220-01 Moderate: Kdelibs Malicious Code Exploit
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August 8, 2019
New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. kconfig: malicious .desktop files (and others) would execute code. For more information, see: https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-announce/2019-August/000047.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14744 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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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 14.2 package:
bf9cdc634d392f7c05561a7ddc298388 kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
3646da04eed2835db47afb3bab02c78b kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
a88a3859f1f7fb57df6579ba45153e80 kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-4.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cb52242ec03ff9430894b1d7aee206cf kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-4.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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