Slackware 11.0: 2007-085-03 Important: libxrender Security Patch
slackware
March 27, 2007
New libwpd packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz: Upgraded to libwpd-0.8.9. Various overflows may lead to application crashes upon opening a specially crafted WordPerfect file. This vulnerability could also conceivably be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-002 (* Security fix *)
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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:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 10.2 package:
3e571dca7151b9d95ebc11f76f97d880 libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package:
1f9c766f470191a3f6e72bed4c510fb2 libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware -current package:
a1b28a0d8501644516ffa702d18934d1 libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg libwpd-0.8.9-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
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