news 28 Posted June 21, 2016 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2016-172-01) New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libarchive-3.2.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes several critical bugs, including some with security implications. (* 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 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libarchive-3.2.1-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-3.1.2-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.2.1-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.2.1-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.1 package: 1850b5d6432529f6be2cab1742c26593 libarchive-3.2.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 23098669ee8382889d926ef24ec00d91 libarchive-3.1.2-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz Slackware -current package: c63dd1f11bf407b15210023c8eb8e5f6 l/libarchive-3.2.1-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: b31802aa3e1fee839a08de25f97917c0 l/libarchive-3.2.1-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libarchive-3.2.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
