[slackware-security] squashfs-tools (SSA:2017-209-01)

[news 28]

 

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Hash: SHA1

 

[slackware-security] squashfs-tools (SSA:2017-209-01)

 

New squashfs-tools packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to

fix security issues.

 

 

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:

+--------------------------+

patches/packages/squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.

Patched a couple of denial of service issues and other bugs.

For more information, see:

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4645

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4646

(* 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 14.2:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/squashfs-tools-4.3-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware -current:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/squashfs-tools-4.3-x86_64-2.txz

 

 

MD5 signatures:

+-------------+

 

Slackware 14.2 package:

2c56a6bcd946acfedfa84b5edd2eb261 squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz

 

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:

012fa8db56e0c1a12af39db629d00438 squashfs-tools-4.3-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz

 

Slackware -current package:

3c17a62f74b91a8e1c44a09129b96015 ap/squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2.txz

 

Slackware x86_64 -current package:

905e8ec1a6045dc3741a85e57df8c156 ap/squashfs-tools-4.3-x86_64-2.txz

 

 

Installation instructions:

+------------------------+

 

Upgrade the package as root:

# upgradepkg squashfs-tools-4.3-i586-2_slack14.2.txz

 

 

+-----+

 

Slackware Linux Security Team

http://slackware.com/gpg-key

security ( -at -) slackware.com

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+