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Slackware 14.0: 2013-233-02 Moderate: Xpdf Security Issue

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2013
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated xpdf distributions are now available for Slackware, resolving significant security issues affecting various editions.
New xpdf packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. Sanitize error messages to remove escape sequences that could be used to exploit vulnerable terminal emulators. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2142 Thanks to mancha. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue software update slackware xpdf

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/xpdf-3.03-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/xpdf-3.03-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/xpd...

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Slackware 12.1 package: d98942c697d3fd10d89535155c67bbeb xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: 1ea3172cd34a213fcee1c54f55628b37 xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: f50ec6ccf0fe3c49096fce0ece553fa1 xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 47652a6e1ac5ec53694766359584ffa6 xpdf-3.03-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: 7f01bf8c10915227805c05ad8a4a9eed xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 6c90be81f9c9c68615bd24c137d89274 xpdf-3.03-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 1eeff76dad934506b28a82af5c27ea5f xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: aba82ab68d7caa85512aa2bac896bae5 xpdf-3.03-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 39ed74f63313c498e872e3ff07a51db0 xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: c982dadbbf60bbcf96169dc738440e6c xpdf-3.03-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware -current package: a8e79843930403bbb2b15513ad3ec889 xap/xpdf-3.03-i486-3.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 36198b91136ce737a94ac06d54ea3da3 xap/xpdf-3.03-x86_64-3.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg xpdf-3.03-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

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