Slackware 14.1: 2014-013-01 Critical LibXfont Stack Overflow Issue
slackware
January 14, 2014
New libXfont packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a stack overflow when reading a BDF font file containing a longer than expected string, which could lead to crashes or privilege escalation. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6462 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
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Slackware 13.0 package:
7ee623794aef580b4bf7558d866fae65 libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
305b7cbe9b6d350c05161eacab99a80f libXfont-1.4.7-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package:
e082bca2fd00409d91631bb7156863f9 libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
7c163c76b3fb28c4fa64331f9bf4027d libXfont-1.4.7-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package:
fda77265598ffa01cb0cc89b6310d0d1 libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
815a61cd07e88234f39badf8572d25bc libXfont-1.4.7-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package:
c7152f16dc5c93123d0850138e4ff9b8 libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
26e127a7546ac150b310f40738adfbec libXfont-1.4.7-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
8c3209463d0715b1f0bec65de5f1866f libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
449c00f274acdb484f9bef89c555930f libXfont-1.4.7-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware -current package:
23559a0985e00a5852e59918d2d51379 x/libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
6399e8d10d536750c815000c3a0b3679 x/libXfont-1.4.7-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
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