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Slackware 14.x Critical Security Advisory: Xorg-Server Integer Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2017
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest xorg-server updates for Slackware address critical integer overflow vulnerabilities and enhance security features across various versions. Update today!
New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-1.18.3-i586-5_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes integer overflows and other possible security issues. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12176 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12177 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12178 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12179 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12180 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12181 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12182 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12183 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12184 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12185 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12186 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12187 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update slackware integer overflow xorg-server

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 packages for Slackware 14.0:
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated packages for Slackware 14.1:
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated packages for Slackware 14.2:
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.0 packages: ee4f90528fba8452ac4b408139d15a8c xorg-server-1.12.4-i486-5_slack14.0.txz d8e91a703e61ec232cd213fb203841d9 xorg-server-xephyr-1.12.4-i486-5_slack14.0.txz c1c61f569b84bedfacd1ec4bbae7f568 xorg-server-xnest-1.12.4-i486-5_slack14.0.txz fbe593fb781e38956ea6e3a2f18a41a8 xorg-server-xvfb-1.12.4-i486-5_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 packages: 9828963c75bf1462b4eed4c152928da7 xorg-server-1.12.4-x86_64-5_slack14.0.txz 480a631f0a1d75c473a4e324a43c7f94 xorg-server-xephyr-1.12.4-x86_64-5_slack14.0.txz a989e04fa0c6c2caca1f52d557f60815 xorg-server-xnest-1.12.4-x86_64-5_slack14.0.txz 2d71d40ceceb34a76b55af5f743b941c xorg-server-xvfb-1.12.4-x86_64-5_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 packages: 5f9b0c906ec30045e6b29758613d2c05 xorg-server-1.14.3-i486-6_slack14.1.txz aa1fdecf4ca8706f135454bfaa4be2c7 xorg-server-xephyr-1.14.3-i486-6_slack14.1.txz bf7b97f60180a3ba8bd456cf532e56c0 xorg-server-xnest-1.14.3-i486-6_slack14.1.txz bec259851aa1ab066a224bf33ea3f817 xorg-server-xvfb-1.14.3-i486-6_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 packages: 63d9afb9c1c9532066fe5f085493d875 xorg-server-1.14.3-x86_64-6_slack14.1.txz 1c7464fc92dea70b7f80233a2ee047d8 xorg-server-xephyr-1.14.3-x86_64-6_slack14.1.txz bad6772b5b5c8b588ebf3f95d98dc03a xorg-server-xnest-1.14.3-x86_64-6_slack14.1.txz 8faef6f79f1f6fd5249ab7b746d0e4b8 xorg-server-xvfb-1.14.3-x86_64-6_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 packages: 61c7132d039462d979487e5ed2a611bb xorg-server-1.18.3-i586-5_slack14.2.txz 4d8d3eb2e9d8fce26f0879547e5777ff xorg-server-xephyr-1.18.3-i586-5_slack14.2.txz 6eb112e044c2734667d9e76493ec71f8 xorg-server-xnest-1.18.3-i586-5_slack14.2.txz cf2749d66863b59d2fd14a6115efa0f3 xorg-server-xvfb-1.18.3-i586-5_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 packages: 5fff5415b9ebb8421235a424332e62e6 xorg-server-1.18.3-x86_64-5_slack14.2.txz 35ba4c0335299fbf61d1bd1e6cfdcc37 xorg-server-xephyr-1.18.3-x86_64-5_slack14.2.txz 95c20b04b29755c13d6fa92a2d175ef0 xorg-server-xnest-1.18.3-x86_64-5_slack14.2.txz f7d95a5fb1d54c987e3d7edcb71dd574 xorg-server-xvfb-1.18.3-x86_64-5_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current packages: 83a74f6cc1ea6b0fdb4498c7aa72d75f x/xorg-server-1.19.5-i586-1.txz 0be91844d8ceb230b5ba955d6b60bb27 x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.19.5-i586-1.txz 47131515bad9b52fe2d150a01b702ab7 x/xorg-server-xnest-1.19.5-i586-1.txz 52f3f0675addadbbddc2ed19a6bb1087 x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.19.5-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current packages: f6c7fae66c9ecaa208a736985cd3c9e5 x/xorg-server-1.19.5-x86_64-1.txz 7616cd451052e2c2e303a5484b1b1f22 x/xorg-server-xephyr-1.19.5-x86_64-1.txz 3b6ecf3590c330ed3beaad1c29334284 x/xorg-server-xnest-1.19.5-x86_64-1.txz 6eba0b3b6135a16222948d2d05c510b6 x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.19.5-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update slackware integer overflow xorg-server

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg xorg-server-*.txz

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