[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/httpd-2.4.62-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
The first CVE is for Windows, but the second one is an additional fix for
the source code disclosure regression when using AddType.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.62 which fixes this issue.
For more information, see:
https://downloads.apache.org/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.62
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-40898
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-40725
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/httpd-2.4.62-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/httpd-2.4.62-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/httpd-2.4.62-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/httpd-2.4.62-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 15.0 package:
26f16142dba75d509e78213ca5b78258 httpd-2.4.62-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
ebaaed99b90d8085efd2ade4e61dec98 httpd-2.4.62-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
c07f7b99705234a02bc0abbfe24c77e6 n/httpd-2.4.62-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
963391e1167fa2b20f31f222f23d90ae n/httpd-2.4.62-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg httpd-2.4.62-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Then, restart Apache httpd:

> /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd stop
> /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd start