Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Slackware-current ChangeLog (2016-12-12) ====== ====== Mon Dec 12 21:25:50 UTC 2016 ====== ===== Packages ===== ==== Upgraded ==== * [[slackware.current>a/coreutils-8.26-i586-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>a/grep-2.27-i586-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>a/kernel-firmware-20161211git-noarch-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>a/kernel-generic-4.4.38-i586-1.txz]] \\ This kernel fixes a security issue with a race condition in \\ net/packet/af_packet.c that can be exploited to gain kernel code execution \\ from unprivileged processes. \\ Thanks to Philip Pettersson for discovering the bug and providing a patch. \\ Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages. \\ If you use lilo to boot your machine, be sure lilo.conf points to the correct \\ kernel and initrd and run lilo as root to update the bootloader. \\ If you use elilo to boot your machine, you should run eliloconfig to copy the \\ kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition. \\ For more information, see: \\ https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8655 \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.current>a/kernel-generic-smp-4.4.38_smp-i686-1.txz]] \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.current>a/kernel-huge-4.4.38-i586-1.txz]] \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.current>a/kernel-huge-smp-4.4.38_smp-i686-1.txz]] \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.current>a/kernel-modules-4.4.38-i586-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>a/kernel-modules-smp-4.4.38_smp-i686-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>ap/nano-2.7.2-i586-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>d/kernel-headers-4.4.38_smp-x86-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>k/kernel-source-4.4.38_smp-noarch-1.txz]] \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.current>l/gsl-2.3-i586-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>l/loudmouth-1.5.3-i586-1.txz]] * [[slackware.current>n/mcabber-1.0.4-i586-1.txz]] \\ This update fixes a security issue which can lead to a malicious actor \\ MITMing a conversation, or adding themselves as an entity on a third \\ parties roster (thereby granting themselves the associated priviledges \\ such as observing when the user is online). \\ For more information, see: \\ https://gultsch.de/gajim_roster_push_and_message_interception.html \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9928 \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.current>n/php-5.6.29-i586-1.txz]] \\ This release fixes bugs and security issues. \\ For more information, see: \\ https://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.29 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9933 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9934 \\ https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9935 \\ (* Security fix *) * [[slackware.current>extra/linux-4.4.38-nosmp-sdk/*]] * [[slackware.current>kernels/*]] ==== Rebuilt ==== * [[slackware.current>isolinux/initrd.img]] * [[slackware.current>usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img]] {{tag>slackware changelog slackware-current 2016/12}} news/2016/12/12/slackware-current-changelog.txt Last modified: 7 years agoby Giuseppe Di Terlizzi Log In