Security Advisories: glibc and pidgin
Patrick has released two security updates on both -stable and -current branch. The first update was pidgin and it fixed 5 security vulnerabilities. This update was applied to all -stable releases back to Slackware 13.0. They are now upgraded to Pidgin 2.10.10.
The second update was glibc. This update was only applied to Slackware 14.1 and -current and both have different version number. On 14.1, the glibc was rebuilt to include the patch that fixed several security issues (there are 9 CVEs related to this package), while in -current, Pat (finally) upgraded glibc to 2.20, a big jumping from 2.17 found in Slackware 14.1.
With these update in -current, all the core toolchain (gcc, glibc, and kernel) are set and the fun phase of -current may start in real this time. Normally, glibc was set once for a release and there won't be any changes except for minor upgrade or security fixes only because all applications will be compiled against those combination (mostly glibc and gcc).
Update: glibc were rebuilt with an updated gcc that was patched to fix bug pr61801 since it's causing some applications not working. I tested Google Chrome, but i believe many others will not run either. Google Chrome reported
After updating gcc and glibc, they are working again.
The second update was glibc. This update was only applied to Slackware 14.1 and -current and both have different version number. On 14.1, the glibc was rebuilt to include the patch that fixed several security issues (there are 9 CVEs related to this package), while in -current, Pat (finally) upgraded glibc to 2.20, a big jumping from 2.17 found in Slackware 14.1.
With these update in -current, all the core toolchain (gcc, glibc, and kernel) are set and the fun phase of -current may start in real this time. Normally, glibc was set once for a release and there won't be any changes except for minor upgrade or security fixes only because all applications will be compiled against those combination (mostly glibc and gcc).
Update: glibc were rebuilt with an updated gcc that was patched to fix bug pr61801 since it's causing some applications not working. I tested Google Chrome, but i believe many others will not run either. Google Chrome reported
setresgid: Function not implemented
Could not drop privileges: Function not implemented
Read on socketpair: SuccessAfter updating gcc and glibc, they are working again.