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The following Slackware updates has been released:

glibc (SSA:2014-296-01)
pidgin (SSA:2014-296-02)



glibc (SSA:2014-296-01)

New glibc 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/glibc-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes several security issues, and adds an extra security
hardening patch from Florian Weimer. Thanks to mancha for help with
tracking and backporting patches.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4424
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4412
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4237
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4788
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4458
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4043
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0475
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5119
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6040
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/glibc-profile-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
Upgraded to tzcode2014i and tzdata2014i.
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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 packages for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-profile-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-i18n-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-profile-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-solibs-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/glibc-solibs-2.20-i486-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/glibc-2.20-i486-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/glibc-i18n-2.20-i486-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/glibc-profile-2.20-i486-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/glibc-solibs-2.20-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/glibc-2.20-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/glibc-i18n-2.20-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/glibc-profile-2.20-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 packages:
8995409d8ed617125649aaab14299f61 glibc-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
877bba4ad31eb68c7e7cce11f6aafd5b glibc-i18n-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
f89a9319a1798771b26488e99f0dd1af glibc-profile-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
d1756f2721cbb2955152c46ef5fab72e glibc-solibs-2.17-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
c7080f6d7f309ba2905dacfa555a8115 glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 packages:
32904ee5d2a3177d621c4c6f2aa6e67f glibc-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
1bb4ddd6d4043d632e78dbf3103f2f7c glibc-i18n-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
e6914d464f57ea493502eea4dd40044a glibc-profile-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
04562128e188daaad7fdab49756a22f2 glibc-solibs-2.17-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
c7080f6d7f309ba2905dacfa555a8115 glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current packages:
f547fe51634c852ae17cb1f6c39203e1 a/glibc-solibs-2.20-i486-1.txz
c7080f6d7f309ba2905dacfa555a8115 a/glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1.txz
f9923d8006a3c03520e93608114cb7de l/glibc-2.20-i486-1.txz
658301364b68e79d53acb607cd399504 l/glibc-i18n-2.20-i486-1.txz
d03947abf3d4be41f7bfb0a71bd29f35 l/glibc-profile-2.20-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
a0f46b305c27dd0c80e65cc77254bdf2 a/glibc-solibs-2.20-x86_64-1.txz
c7080f6d7f309ba2905dacfa555a8115 a/glibc-zoneinfo-2014i-noarch-1.txz
d673acf56308355713ac67ae68e6bd2b l/glibc-2.20-x86_64-1.txz
410918dc8bf5b7a84d1bed5b6e125ee3 l/glibc-i18n-2.20-x86_64-1.txz
c023f4514cd0a672e4852986c74268e6 l/glibc-profile-2.20-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg glibc-*.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key

pidgin (SSA:2014-296-02)

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1,
and -current to fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes several security issues:
Insufficient SSL certificate validation (CVE-2014-3694)
Remote crash parsing malformed MXit emoticon (CVE-2014-3695)
Remote crash parsing malformed Groupwise message (CVE-2014-3696)
Malicious smiley themes could alter arbitrary files (CVE-2014-3697)
Potential information leak from XMPP (CVE-2014-3698)
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3694
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3695
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3696
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3697
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3698
(* 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 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
c2d238379b0a6c9cacfb9b73ac9f8dd7 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
953980a2900c9416a44f9b8edc63d378 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
94c136c7332f669ad5b6fc7239db3a75 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
91f03ff9d4842b1e0f1e0e732b2ae3a9 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
383bf35399fe5d5055b65b5438ba5e53 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
9cd9f93b784329997e74dc0e9c44eb6e pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
574b08f0d4ffeb51ef6c86d0f13ef496 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
50196521b09da87a1575107b7aab7b49 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
d1c5d2d72a9ecdb0af1f15be09ad8753 pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
4159345b81c79a226c3bda0c5110ad33 pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
dfef30c57a5c72093a9ff0262764e791 xap/pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7df8a0dc6d2fc35428f0f95362533aca xap/pidgin-2.10.10-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1_slack14.1.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key