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Slackware 15.0 SSA:2022-271-01 Important: Xwayland Security Fix

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2022
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest xorg-server-xwayland updates for Slackware 15.0 tackle vulnerabilities, promoting enhanced system security.
New xorg-server-xwayland packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-2_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. xkb: switch to array index loops to moving pointers. xkb: add request length validation for XkbSetGeometry. xkb: swap XkbSetDeviceInfo and XkbSetDeviceInfoCheck. I hadn't realized that the xorg-server patches were needed (or applied cleanly) to Xwayland. Thanks to LuckyCyborg for the kind reminder. :-) For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2319 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2320 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update security fix Slackware 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 package for Slackware 15.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 3f8e6a5aba6c25022cde165365f64e19 xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: dae5edb2843e0724a7d3e43e108cfe87 xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update security fix Slackware xorg-server

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

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