Slackware64-current ChangeLog (2014-04-21)
Mon Apr 21 20:09:48 UTC 2014
Packages
Upgraded
- l/libyaml-0.1.6-x86_64-1.txz
This update fixes a heap overflow in URI escape parsing of YAML in Ruby,
where a specially crafted string could cause a heap overflow leading to
arbitrary code execution.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2525
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/03/29/heap-overflow-in-yaml-uri-escape-parsing-cve-2014-2525/
(* Security fix *) - n/php-5.4.27-x86_64-1.txz
This update fixes a security issue in the in the awk script detector
which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service
(CPU consumption) via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a large amount
of backtracking.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7345
(* Security fix *)