[slackware-security] procps-ng

New procps-ng packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/procps-ng-3.3.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Shared library .so-version bump.
This update fixes bugs and security issues:
library: Fix integer overflow and LPE in file2strvec
library: Use size_t for alloc functions
pgrep: Fix stack-based buffer overflow
ps: Fix buffer overflow in output buffer, causing DOS
top: Don’t use cwd for location of config
For more information, see:
https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-1124
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-1126
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-1125
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-1123
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-1122
(* 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/procps-ng-3.3.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/procps-ng-3.3.15-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/procps-ng-3.3.15-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/procps-ng-3.3.15-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.2 package:
4ca549250bc7dd3aae5e2e3f48fa6ed9 procps-ng-3.3.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
da931c37438fd3705830f92758611e0c procps-ng-3.3.15-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
123adafbc9126dd17466d03d00f59d66 a/procps-ng-3.3.15-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a04760fe9c39dc07c99621c83ffd1c39 a/procps-ng-3.3.15-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg procps-ng-3.3.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz