[slackware-security] libtirpc

New libtirpc packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
Patched a bug which can cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion.
Thanks to Robby Workman.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-8779
(* 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/patches/packages/libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libtirpc-1.0.1-x86_64-3_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/libtirpc-1.0.1-x86_64-3.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.2 package:
657f5777679340f53b9d83a9e045b538 libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
1de6989d62f43dde664f75de81546210 libtirpc-1.0.1-x86_64-3_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
e17305b305661ded4c06ace0751add14 n/libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
77d083376bd92cf7a3d4cdfa3ff0c2e4 n/libtirpc-1.0.1-x86_64-3.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg libtirpc-1.0.1-i586-3_slack14.2.txz