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Slackware 12.1 2008-183-01 Moderate: Xorg-Server DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey July 1, 2008
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest xorg-server updates available for Slackware 12.1 to address vulnerabilities related to DoS and remote code execution. Ensure your system is secured by updating promptly.
New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 12.1 and -current to fix security issues in xorg-server 1.4 prior to version 1.4.2

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded xorg-server to address denial of service and possible arbitrary code execution flaws reported in xorg-server 1.4 prior to 1.4.2. For more information about the issues patched, please refer to: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1377 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1379 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2360 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2361 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2362 (* Security fix *) patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Security fixes (see CVE entries above). (* Security fix *) patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Security fixes (see CVE entries above). (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update code execution moderate severity slackware xorg-server

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 directly 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 packages for Slackware 12.1:
Updated packages for Slackware -current:

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Slackware 12.1 packages: 4f53f4f232f614f43ff8455602bb3391 xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz 7a9b6e3801c08d6d1839b68dd9715e9e xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz 1a1b00c1867d81369d167933229e9284 xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware -current packages: a8e1298855bbf08217343a7aa8776b0f xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz 64491ebde2bf1f15240c36921aa965ba xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz e2eec7d598adee8e2bf4359868b2670f xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update code execution moderate severity slackware xorg-server

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

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