Slackware: 2013-339-04: hplip Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/hplip-3.12.9-i486-4_slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update disables the automatic upgrade feature which can be easily fooled into downloading an arbitrary binary and executing it. This issue affects only Slackware 14.0 (earlier versions do not have the feature, and newer ones had already disabled it). For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6427 (* Security fix *)
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/hplip-3.12.9-i486-4_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/hplip-3.12.9-x86_64-4_slack14.0.txz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
6838bc89361bf4dd0011ad4d46b98bf0 hplip-3.12.9-i486-4_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
a5193660b2318e29aa5586ead1feb126 hplip-3.12.9-x86_64-4_slack14.0.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg hplip-3.12.9-i486-4_slack14.0.txz