Slackware: 2019-135-01 Critical: rdesktop Protocol Security Issues
slackware
May 16, 2019
New rdesktop 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/rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Add bounds checking to protocol handling in order to fix many security problems when communicating with a malicious server. (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
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to the Slackware project! :-)
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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 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
ba367efcf0f70167a8791d2211f8ca43 rdesktop-1.8.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
1495fd99d763c36ac434badb5e8586bf rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
c38052237f138380e385e4562006472f rdesktop-1.8.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
b996ac69fd4379f1a08483e728adb276 rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
ba6af1c6c0c2adc89cfb94d39db1f976 rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
0715f48dc29c6ed4bf36900bd82425a3 rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
3185621a3ff1e79f204878060811094b xap/rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
b0e156f52fff64bc890e898e6de1c5e0 xap/rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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