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[slackware-security]  libtirpc (SSA:2017-191-01)

New libtirpc packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3_slack14.2.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Patched a bug which can cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion.
  Thanks to Robby Workman.
  For more information, see:
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8779
  (* 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 14.2:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:

Updated package for Slackware -current:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.2 package:
657f5777679340f53b9d83a9e045b538  libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
1de6989d62f43dde664f75de81546210  libtirpc-1.0.1-x86_64-3_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
e17305b305661ded4c06ace0751add14  n/libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
77d083376bd92cf7a3d4cdfa3ff0c2e4  n/libtirpc-1.0.1-x86_64-3.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3_slack14.2.txz


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