From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] python3 (SSA:2022-286-01)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:46:13 -0700 (PDT)





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[slackware-security] python3 (SSA:2022-286-01)

New python3 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/python3-3.9.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Bundled libexpat was upgraded from 2.4.7 to 2.4.9 which fixes a heap
use-after-free vulnerability in function doContent.
gh-97616: a fix for a possible buffer overflow in list *= int.
gh-97612: a fix for possible shell injection in the example script
get-remote-certificate.py.
gh-96577: a fix for a potential buffer overrun in msilib.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40674
(* 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/python3-3.9.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/python3-3.9.15-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/python3-3.9.15-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/python3-3.9.15-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
7435c608cb442d37137b3c842da0ea12 python3-3.9.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
524f083f467a665eabee17b193b13d0b python3-3.9.15-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
75961e356cf6f599874ed39d734c3124 d/python3-3.9.15-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f4ca52753a7ab7d12a9e379af4540685 d/python3-3.9.15-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg python3-3.9.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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