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Slackware alert SSA:2018-108-01 (gd)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] gd (SSA:2018-108-01)
Date:  Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:44:39 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.02.1804181844260.20855@connie.slackware.com>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] gd (SSA:2018-108-01) New gd packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ This update fixes two security issues: Double-free in gdImagePngPtr() (denial of service). Buffer over-read into uninitialized memory (information leak). For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6362 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7890 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ 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: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.2 package: 00f7ac709aebd7e2d83c106496a67503 gd-2.2.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 55090c6941dea831bdc6ad78d47055d9 gd-2.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: c996a52a4eed3ccc5af79320d27ef9f8 l/gd-2.2.5-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: e9a5c2882717f1df8d25c7b1ae03ecb5 l/gd-2.2.5-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gd-2.2.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlrXseQACgkQakRjwEAQIjN6twCfWo5ETEA92eUD4Mqbjbeq2SZq h/YAnizReuO85XhlSzQyyTe2KUil/71t =VRt3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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