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Slackware 15.0: 2023-273-01 Critical Libvpx Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2023
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recent updates for libvpx have been issued for Slackware, focusing on essential security vulnerabilities and including detailed guidance for applying these updates.
New libvpx packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains two security related fixes -- one each for VP8 and VP9. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical security fix slackware libvpx

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 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libvpx-1.12.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 91c2931046b80c63c8f9758e963de9be libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: f6f3771258f774cda8cc55e70cbe9a3c libvpx-1.12.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: cf9f4f7d9fd705f6f277aac09ca17da6 l/libvpx-1.13.1-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: d0315a5d8375a2f4395848705e556e2b l/libvpx-1.13.1-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory update critical security fix slackware libvpx

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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