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Slackware 15.0: 2024-099-01 Moderate Security Fix for Tar Error Reporting

New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2024-099-01) New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fix possible vulnerability in tar error reporting introduced in f27c173 by JiaT75. For more information, see: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/f27c173d17dc807733b3a4f8c11207c3f04ff34f https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2101 (* 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 15.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 15.0 package: bc692c90578a2481490bb8dafe26c402 libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 000f0b1f75682c0c075cd946c0f149c9 libarchive-3.7.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 0d4b64d874931fbbc43c1de33de03c03 l/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: a08b01ad133cb91972699e1a3e7a432f l/libarchive-3.7.3-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+ . Freshly released libarchive updates for Slackware tackle a major security flaw identified in the tar error handling mechanism. Update immediately!. libarchive packages, slackwaresecurity update, package management. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 08, 2024 •Important Slackware