Slackware 11.0: 2007-066-02 Moderate: X11 Memory Overflow Threat
slackware
March 8, 2007
New x11 packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog: x/x11-6.9.0-i486-12_slack11.0.tgz: Patched. This update fixes overflows in the dbe and render extensions. This could possibly be exploited to overwrite parts of memory, possibly allowing malicious code to execute, or (more likely) causing X to crash. For information about some of the security fixes, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6101 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6102 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6103
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Where Find New Packages
HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 10.2 package:
f7f193b138303d0b04c72bd8b89d6947 x11-6.8.2-i486-8_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package:
1e5e912cf9133cdf8825906f908bec6a x11-6.9.0-i486-12_slack11.0.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg x11-6.9.0-i486-12_slack11.0.tgz
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