php

New php packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2,
and -current to fix security issues.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5498

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded to php-5.2.9.
This update fixes a few security issues:
- Fixed a crash on extract in zip when files or directories entry names
contain a relative path.
- Fixed security issue in imagerotate(), background colour isn’t validated
correctly with a non truecolour image. (CVE-2008-5498)
Reported by Hamid Ebadi, APA Laboratory.
- Fixed a segfault when malformed string is passed to json_decode().
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5498
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/extra/php5/php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/php-5.2.9-i486-1.tgz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 11.0 package:
0f37384585ba9b364f1fcf3260ed934a php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
b959206d13d76f58ef92489f569b7ff8 php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
bab5d4abc502a0a5dc1831943a5fd1a7 php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 package:
e3c82331a09e0edb6be009e57b2569c9 php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware -current package:
af4de16b609b4e797dd0fc0a9f4c84d8 php-5.2.9-i486-1.tgz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg php-5.2.9-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Then, restart the web server.