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[slackware-security] pcre (SSA:2016-172-02)
New pcre packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/pcre-8.39-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes bugs (including a couple of DoS security issues), and
retrofits to PCRE1 some appropriate JIT improvements from PCRE2.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1283
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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/pcre-8.39-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/pcre-8.39-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/pcre-8.39-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/pcre-8.39-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
a13ec0d807ffc229b95e9e64ef92f2a1 pcre-8.39-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
4ad28496e439dc78d1885a80244e651e pcre-8.39-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
272aa6c70bafd4c0f583117144df13b6 l/pcre-8.39-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
e7bb79adac6e62ab2637e4cbde684a8f l/pcre-8.39-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pcre-8.39-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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