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Slackware 14.0-15.0: 2023-276-02 Moderate: libXpm Out Of Bounds Read Issue

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2023
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Latest libXpm packages made available for Slackware to resolve urgent security vulnerabilities linked to out-of-bounds memory accesses.
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-3.5.17-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: libXpm: out of bounds read in XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer(). libXpm: out of bounds read on XPM with corrupted colormap. For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003424.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43788 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43789 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update security fix moderate severity Slackware libXpm out of bounds read

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: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.17-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
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Slackware 14.0 package: bc7c9981210f6d5ab4e740cef773985b libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: deda8c03150e99cdb29c9fcbea2c7199 libXpm-3.5.17-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 520d0b27732f153c703191284c13468a libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: a8c30a1b063baba25f0e844de6bbfbfd libXpm-3.5.17-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 3a84fe714f508478a950500d94b5a9a8 libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 9bc95ac31ff8f4722c65332e0cf9e808 libXpm-3.5.17-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware 15.0 package: ace4d80a05041648d8fc3e113d0ae977 libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: f5e8c160a8371fa3778710b6fedf09f5 libXpm-3.5.17-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: ed563d934485c2aae3867893cbb448bc x/libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: f29d00470901576d269e73343c1f8642 x/libXpm-3.5.17-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory update security fix moderate severity Slackware libXpm out of bounds read

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1_slack15.0.txz