Slackware 15.0: 2023-283-02 Critical Update For Libnotify Security Issue
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October 10, 2023
New libnotify packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains a critical stability/minor security update which affects Electron applications that utilize Portal notifications (eg, through Flatpak). It is highly recommended that all users of libnotify 0.8.x update to this release. (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 15.0 package:
9fa17d1faa882d2d14bfa2dfe009f079 libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6a9a601e6f4053e166ce2029e990c6b7 libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
4b31ada4e25abe2d29d892a4a169150c l/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
9411aff6ff3a6857d567d1a9731a30e6 l/libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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