-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2023-256-02) New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes multiple security vulnerabilities in the PAX writer: Heap overflow in url_encode() in archive_write_set_format_pax.c. NULL dereference in archive_write_pax_header_xattrs(). Another NULL dereference in archive_write_pax_header_xattrs(). NULL dereference in archive_write_pax_header_xattr(). (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 https://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.1 package: 0734f4f41a309a63595eadcdfa59c6da libarchive-3.7.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: a28dc630310bf1b6d9969350386a193a libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: cca83befc3d592f0e2fb8de4e1ee45fd libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 056cc005bfd8749f081458abd680e096 libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware 15.0 package: 0058c4bff9dfd0a066ff70c4e617f52e libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 1680708bcdd96dcbee5298b2e08d0ed4 libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 863279c97d65af890fdfb980c3afc2cb l/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: cee3a39b10792ff1ee303a947b10629f l/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+