Slackware: 2013-233-03: poppler Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/poppler-0.20.2-i486-2_slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. Sanitize error messages to remove escape sequences that could be used to exploit vulnerable terminal emulators. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2142 (* Security fix *)
Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/poppler-0.20.2-i486-2_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/poppler-0.20.2-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
d942a0c604b8993fbb61e9d4998b45b1 poppler-0.20.2-i486-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
47815fae9ed706eb9ff3ca0074713175 poppler-0.20.2-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
95eea9252862f96a3005bbbe0b0da637 l/poppler-0.24.0-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a78aedabb80d5772cae65db530cd2a74 l/poppler-0.24.0-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg poppler-0.20.2-i486-2_slack14.0.txz