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[slackware-security]  libarchive (SSA:2022-098-01)

New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libarchive-3.6.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This is a bugfix and security release.
  Security fixes:
    7zip reader: fix PPMD read beyond boundary.
    ZIP reader: fix possible out of bounds read.
    ISO reader: fix possible heap buffer overflow in read_children().
    RARv4 redaer: fix multiple issues in RARv4 filter code (introduced in
    libarchive 3.6.0).
    Fix heap use after free in archive_read_format_rar_read_data().
    Fix null dereference in read_data_compressed().
    Fix heap user after free in run_filters().
  (* 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
(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 14.1:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:

Updated package for Slackware -current:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.1 package:
92f511489c8d2ead6cc3cda79eae2135  libarchive-3.6.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
5c3650ceafa4268f013de7e24fa03e09  libarchive-3.6.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
44dddbfb5b16435a349ab7862c3f2dd0  libarchive-3.6.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
79b95b91f09655923de1a0d5fccbb536  libarchive-3.6.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
b792ffcf8e2c948e1277c19f90498bab  libarchive-3.6.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
7a5bb83a67a78e7b7af0a47f1fc3391e  libarchive-3.6.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
848794aa1c4b7da6f998b4b074745986  l/libarchive-3.6.1-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
4d57b10b4428a5f26aaa76fede077691  l/libarchive-3.6.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.6.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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