PHP/Pidgin Update for Slackware
Posted on: 07/15/2012 08:41 AM
The following two updates has been released for Slackware Linux: pidgin (SSA:2012-195-02) and php (SSA:2012-195-01)
pidgin (SSA:2012-195-02)
New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.6-i486-1_slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. Fixes a security issue for users of MXit: Incorrect handing of inline images in incoming instant messages can cause a buffer overflow and in some cases can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3374 (* 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.
New php packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/php-5.3.14-i486-1_slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a weakness in the DES implementation of crypt and a heap overflow issue in the phar extension. (* 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.