[slackware-security] php (SSA:2008-247-01)

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[slackware-security] php (SSA:2008-247-01)

 

New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security

issues. These releases are the last to contain PHP 4.4.x, which was upgraded

to version 4.4.9 to fix PCRE issues and other bugs.

 

Please note that this is the FINAL release of PHP4, and it has already passed

the announced end-of-life. Sites should seriously consider migrating to PHP5

rather than upgrading to php-4.4.9.

 

 

Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog:

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patches/packages/php-4.4.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz:

Upgraded to php-4.4.9. This upgrades the bundled PCRE library to fix

security issues, as well as fixing a few other security related bugs.

See the PHP4 ChangeLog for more details:

http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-4.php#4.4.9

Please note: PHP4 has been officially discontinued since last year, and

reached the announced EOL on 2008-08-08. Sites should consider migrating

to a supported release.

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Where to find the new packages:

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HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?

Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site

for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading

directly from ftp.slackware.com.

 

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab

(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 10.2:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/php-4.4.9-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

 

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/php-4.4.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

 

 

MD5 signatures:

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Slackware 10.2 package:

d27eec139de1f043a8db21f825056b82 php-4.4.9-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz

 

Slackware 11.0 package:

8a10358b779b5421429bab317ba71e47 php-4.4.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

 

 

Installation instructions:

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Upgrade the package as root:

# upgradepkg php-4.4.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

 

Then, restart Apache.

 

 

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Slackware Linux Security Team

http://slackware.com/gpg-key

security ( -at -) slackware.com

 

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