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[slackware-security]  libarchive (SSA:2023-256-02)

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-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes multiple security vulnerabilities in the PAX writer:
  Heap overflow in url_encode() in archive_write_set_format_pax.c.
  NULL dereference in archive_write_pax_header_xattrs().
  Another NULL dereference in archive_write_pax_header_xattrs().
  NULL dereference in archive_write_pax_header_xattr().
  (* 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:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

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:
0734f4f41a309a63595eadcdfa59c6da  libarchive-3.7.2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
a28dc630310bf1b6d9969350386a193a  libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
cca83befc3d592f0e2fb8de4e1ee45fd  libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
056cc005bfd8749f081458abd680e096  libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
0058c4bff9dfd0a066ff70c4e617f52e  libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
1680708bcdd96dcbee5298b2e08d0ed4  libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
863279c97d65af890fdfb980c3afc2cb  l/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cee3a39b10792ff1ee303a947b10629f  l/libarchive-3.7.2-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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