news 28 Posted May 17, 2017 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] kdelibs (SSA:2017-136-02) New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.32-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue with KAuth that can lead to gaining root from an unprivileged account. For more information, see: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8422 (* 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/kdelibs-4.5.5-i486-3_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.5.5-x86_64-3_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.8.5-i486-2_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.8.5-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.10.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.10.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.32-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.32-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/kde/kdelibs-4.14.32-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/kde/kdelibs-4.14.32-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.37 package: 2074c2dff09a4a74e60f48f08e0e9abc kdelibs-4.5.5-i486-3_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 692beba6610b1f2440650497bc3085cb kdelibs-4.5.5-x86_64-3_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: c61bd3215be43dac0544b54342548837 kdelibs-4.8.5-i486-2_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: a408af269fbba64dde31a91b91c72650 kdelibs-4.8.5-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 5ddb537f570c63c792511a095bbadb86 kdelibs-4.10.5-i486-3_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 199c36c994a11bd48748ef3988ee143b kdelibs-4.10.5-x86_64-3_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: ef1e87085864e36b70d9aadcdd20fa7a kdelibs-4.14.32-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 5182a2121695c705376366f4be56861f kdelibs-4.14.32-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: ba5ba522f02e69ee6f44fc686cce081f kde/kdelibs-4.14.32-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: da0befacb4014eafa221fbc694542d97 kde/kdelibs-4.14.32-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg kdelibs-4.14.32-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post