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Slackware 14.2: 2017-121-01 Critical Rxvt Integer Overflow Fix

slackware
Calendar Grey May 2, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest rxvt updates have been released for various Slackware editions to tackle a serious integer overflow vulnerability.
New rxvt packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/rxvt-2.7.10-i586-5_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Patched an integer overflow that can crash rxvt with an escape sequence, or possibly have unspecified other impact. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7483 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical package update slackware integer overflow rxvt

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 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack13.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack13.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack13.37.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86...

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MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: a15c10264ce5765477432de13579b48f rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: f55562b1a1d6fdc15a9a4f2890238f1d rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: db90840841f04887dabc377259cd36fb rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 825608858631aa0be24a1f42a1d9b70d rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 4b047b92b11a2cd26b6128c14fa56702 rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: f19b7075fbb0e0bbab9f0856307c2735 rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 3f1eac3d0b82ae20f291558899970c02 rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 807e723ab1e3e339570f30a56c81809c rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: b08b3976772f322e34c37241efa0d92c rxvt-2.7.10-i486-5_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 883a5e61212c9bd6a501eaa2f26cc537 rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 9c911a2d3ce544504001a6126f05ed1e rxvt-2.7.10-i586-5_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 259ddfb7572a413baacc281e951bba9b rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: 762750b7b19257fa85a5b333ea3ce4af xap/rxvt-2.7.10-i586-5.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 1fb40762cda1489ecb04798184d941ed xap/rxvt-2.7.10-x86_64-5.txz

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security advisory security issue critical package update slackware integer overflow rxvt

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg rxvt-2.7.10-i586-5_slack14.2.txz

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