news 28 Posted February 9, 2016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libsndfile (SSA:2016-039-02) New libsndfile packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/flac-1.3.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update is needed by the latest version of libsndfile. patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes security issues which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9496 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9756 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7805 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libsndfile-1.0.26-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.37 package: 70dc94408249576926e3b5ba2a5430a6 libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 3630ea222b36917bcb6c7f5c5a50ca61 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: a1444976de780af4526d128430ce1acb libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 1176788490e501c306e909ce1059e731 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 7ded54ad7fde158dc088e122371d4cfa libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 3021e9eaf9081c66099575c9fa5dbf44 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware -current package: bdb21f513021f6660fdca1f485d79ea6 l/libsndfile-1.0.26-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 16e5de5b07c277b3ae49c763a8adeb0b l/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Please note that you'll need the new flac package as well. +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
