Slackware: 2016-039-02: libsndfile Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/flac-1.3.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update is needed by the latest version of libsndfile. patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes security issues which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9496 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9756 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7805 (* Security fix *)
Where Find New Packages
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
...
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 13.37 package:
70dc94408249576926e3b5ba2a5430a6 libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
3630ea222b36917bcb6c7f5c5a50ca61 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package:
a1444976de780af4526d128430ce1acb libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
1176788490e501c306e909ce1059e731 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
7ded54ad7fde158dc088e122371d4cfa libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
3021e9eaf9081c66099575c9fa5dbf44 libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
bdb21f513021f6660fdca1f485d79ea6 l/libsndfile-1.0.26-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
16e5de5b07c277b3ae49c763a8adeb0b l/libsndfile-1.0.26-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libsndfile-1.0.26-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Please note that you'll need the new flac package as well.