New packages for nvi have been released to fix a security issue affecting Slackware 15.0 and -current. The update includes fixes for wide-character support, heap-based buffer overflows in regex handling, and other improvements. The patches were contributed by r1w1s1 and merged from Debian, and can be downloaded from various mirror sites or the OSU Open Source Lab's FTP server. To install the updates, users should run "upgradepkg" as root with the relevant package name.

nvi (SSA:2026-063-01)

nvi (SSA:2026-063-01)

nvi (SSA:2026-063-01)

New nvi packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Merge patchset from Debian.
This makes a number of fixes and improvements, especially concerning
wide-character support. It also fixes a possible heap-based buffer
overflow in the regex handling affecting 32-bit platforms.
Thanks to r1w1s1.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2305
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/nvi-1.81.6-i686-4.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
20b4be275459ec1004777c855d60cc69 nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6aeebbc3cc5934e740217a674675e4bb nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
c19f6b9fe31e116ea08ee985d84b3007 a/nvi-1.81.6-i686-4.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0f6f7f41edb565c9ec5b45b016b00a4d a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

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