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[slackware-security] perl (SSA:2025-104-01)

Posted on 15 April 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] perl (SSA:2025-104-01)

New perl 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/perl-5.34.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and a security issue:
Heap-buffer-overflow with tr//
Also upgraded Perl modules:
DBI-1.647, Module-Runtime-0.017, Path-Tiny-0.148, URI-5.31.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56406
(* 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/perl-5.34.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/perl-5.34.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/perl-5.40.2-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/perl-5.40.2-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
1e31ca6132157ce8335d3984daf5898c perl-5.34.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
56ff5c8bb144c9d66ca215cb46f3689d perl-5.34.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a6276118d4464a7a4795578a9a744b76 d/perl-5.40.2-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
43f2e00e07043f12a5f4996a6e52e486 d/perl-5.40.2-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg perl-5.34.3-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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