Slackware: 2023-256-02 Critical: Libarchive Null Dereferences
slackware
September 14, 2023
New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: 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 *)
Where Find New Packages
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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...
MD5 Signatures
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
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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