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[slackware-security]  libarchive (SSA:2024-287-01)

New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 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-3.7.7-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes bug and the following security issues:
  gzip: prevent a hang when processing a malformed gzip inside a gzip.
  tar: don't crash on truncated tar archives.
  tar: fix two leaks in tar header parsing.
  (* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.7-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.7-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.7.7-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.7.7-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
a78aae0112592e9783ce7715da032b8d  libarchive-3.7.7-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
285ece863092516a09db1383d74a2b22  libarchive-3.7.7-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
6f6e0b4d0103fea5c49dd064754ac5d4  l/libarchive-3.7.7-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d5228e0610df515d8159764516c31a9f  l/libarchive-3.7.7-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.7.7-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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