Slackware: 2017-223-02: libsoup Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libsoup-2.52.2-i586-3_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Fixed a chunked decoding buffer overrun that could be exploited against either clients or servers. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2885 (* Security fix *)
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Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libsoup-2.42.2-i486-2_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libsoup-2.42.2-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libsoup-2.52.2-i586-3_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libsoup-2.52.2-x86_64-3_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.1 package:
8f24024c05fce40e41c489e54ec925c5 libsoup-2.42.2-i486-2_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
cd61c03801be0232ee54ec8bd17bbda3 libsoup-2.42.2-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
bb1cb37da83b6bca49acd4d724c4f6a4 libsoup-2.52.2-i586-3_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
c09f4ec321943ad66e26761e13266271 libsoup-2.52.2-x86_64-3_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
5e2c65829523cfc426291bbbcee6f3f0 l/libsoup-2.58.2-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1dfde8ba37ef626288b7cb793c4e9420 l/libsoup-2.58.2-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libsoup-2.52.2-i586-3_slack14.2.txz