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Slackware: 2019-142-01 Critical: curl Integer Overflow Fix

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] curl (SSA:2019-142-01) New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/curl-7.65.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes the following security issues: Integer overflows in curl_url_set tftp: use the current blksize for recvfrom() For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5435 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5436 (* 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 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: 6e09fa0f3bf3899629f78338886b8166 curl-7.65.0-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 55613986ed81a77a573976161b5b76fa curl-7.65.0-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 4317a7f249ca9dc8fdd9c4470335c140 curl-7.65.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 1a0cfbced24644f121dcd3140c378d85 curl-7.65.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: 0112a5878893a036364b3792bb62de6c curl-7.65.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 794f036ca4ae31aaad11bdb3e4f1b7d9 curl-7.65.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -currentpackage: 82112f6caf0dc1d94340b4cf6a3eb001 n/curl-7.65.0-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: df9c4d1a59fe2f191fd20035c0fcff29 n/curl-7.65.0-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg curl-7.65.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ . Important updates for curl have been launched for Slackware versions 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to resolve significant vulnerabilities.. curl Packages, Slackware Security, Software Update, Security Fix, Integer Overflow. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 22, 2019 •Critical Slackware