[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6507
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6491
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6500
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6469
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6555
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6559
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6494
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6496
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2014-6464
(* 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 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.1 package:
da0aff5bebbbdc0621359c0fea027ae6 mariadb-5.5.40-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
dbb7d695a22ae538b5ad9c024823b190 mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
f9ca4cf6015ddbb73dfba16c535caffc ap/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
6924f64b6c147556a58a2c6f1929ab5e ap/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg mariadb-5.5.40-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Then, restart the database server:
> sh /etc/rc.d/rc.mysqld restart