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New blueman packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/blueman-r708-i486-4_slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes a local privilege escalation vulnerability.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8612
(* 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 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/blueman-r708-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/blueman-r708-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/blueman-r708-i486-3_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/blueman-r708-x86_64-3_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/blueman-r708-i486-4_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/blueman-r708-x86_64-4_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/blueman-2.0.3-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/blueman-2.0.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.37 package:
65009da30d3cf60c32e561b0085ee1fd blueman-r708-i486-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
a0e967b8857c9d71a9e1373d0c864d04 blueman-r708-x86_64-2_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
37fcc1290f1a07cfd310f0c0b289eccb blueman-r708-i486-3_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
62d2086a3ac4d71963722fd7583b275a blueman-r708-x86_64-3_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
b974a87cad4f3b9521a1402c75e1b87e blueman-r708-i486-4_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
d5b9c061018e190a7e770bee1ddc3601 blueman-r708-x86_64-4_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
0a37e8f7294902a9315455a3d8ecd54f xap/blueman-2.0.3-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
be29b1d932617c1cec46c2e8042eb525 xap/blueman-2.0.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg blueman-r708-i486-4_slack14.1.txz


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