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Slackware 14.0-15.0: 2023-018-03 Moderate: LibXpm Infinite Loop

slackware
Calendar Grey January 18, 2023
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Recently, updated libXpm packages are made available for Slackware, resolving several security vulnerabilities to enhance system defense.
New libXpm packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Infinite loop on unclosed comments. Runaway loop with width of 0 and enormous height. Compression commands depend on $PATH. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44617 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4883 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Slackware infinite loop libXpm

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 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 15.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.0 package: d9bd8b7f7bac60ab17a923c860e6eb82 libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 930426d65f6ca79244206c7c443d8062 libXpm-3.5.15-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 9f1a2d65fe9447505aa264c7b7636173 libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 54ed3e8f0ba30ac90efeb815d6434240 libXpm-3.5.15-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 9af8dd52286a8d07a091a097eebcb5e8 libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 5deeb5b10adb5302440f0c67d9d5c15f libXpm-3.5.15-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware 15.0 package: 2d2fa2d1d269addba3bc7a4c45dd77d9 libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: fa4c37544829fd66c4cebebbe91f550a libXpm-3.5.15-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 1163776a8166ce5e05005f26696400c1 x/libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 69ba606a25172638f262a81a5441395b x/libXpm-3.5.15-x86_64-1.txz

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Slackware infinite loop libXpm

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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