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[slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2024-099-01)

Posted on 08 April 2024
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2024-099-01)

New libarchive 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/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Fix possible vulnerability in tar error reporting introduced in f27c173
by JiaT75.
For more information, see:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/f27c173d17dc807733b3a4f8c11207c3f04ff34f
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2101
(* 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/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.7.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
bc692c90578a2481490bb8dafe26c402 libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
000f0b1f75682c0c075cd946c0f149c9 libarchive-3.7.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
0d4b64d874931fbbc43c1de33de03c03 l/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a08b01ad133cb91972699e1a3e7a432f l/libarchive-3.7.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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