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Expat and GD updates are available for Slackware Linux:

expat (SSA:2017-199-01)
gd (SSA:2017-199-02)



expat (SSA:2017-199-01)

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


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Fixes security issues including:
External entity infinite loop DoS
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9233
https://libexpat.github.io/doc/cve-2017-9233/
(* 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/expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.2.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
7f9f98e2fbfdb2d7e92d2a74767f379b expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
ad390855001c2a32e8a01b1021ee0402 expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
aa73dc57c604e1b6c788c599b80561f0 expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
ab9dfe8b2afeb19b29f8e42f045b5284 expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
c2e3ca3e858afcd4ee5da8cb5c43d8eb expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
6e96f6eeec6c60d7b4215280cec27560 expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
afbae121e3ad167426ee9965e876e67b expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
edbbcbe637294edbeefe7e2697bd2fb1 expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
8b24088cba47ee63104354dbdb84e504 expat-2.2.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
45ce0de8ae651851826e509ba0c490e3 expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
f8c21c6bd6c0503ac90ccfdc932bec05 expat-2.2.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
c2237eb21e2c700d4582bfcca7908cbd expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
0abebd7b1a8294d4a8cb4f4373576fec l/expat-2.2.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
fa3206d73e042332ea4e7950525cc4f6 l/expat-2.2.2-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg expat-2.2.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

gd (SSA:2017-199-02)

New gd packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Fixes security issues:
gdImageCreate() doesn't check for oversized images and as such is prone to
DoS vulnerabilities. (CVE-2016-9317)
double-free in gdImageWebPtr() (CVE-2016-6912)
potential unsigned underflow in gd_interpolation.c (CVE-2016-10166)
DOS vulnerability in gdImageCreateFromGd2Ctx() (CVE-2016-10167)
Signed Integer Overflow gd_io.c (CVE-2016-10168)
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9317
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6912
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10166
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10167
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10168
(* 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 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/gd-2.2.4-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
21e9b5cb669f9d5ab687520335c0c2ab gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
86429d33e59bd6f819c0757c923d58c7 gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
3c2e50dcc5cbd4f895186cf096500a9f l/gd-2.2.4-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
26cd09da8385e8607795aaedfdb5758a l/gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz