Slackware 15.0: 2024-088-02 Moderate: Util-Linux Escape Sequence Issue
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March 28, 2024
New util-linux 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/util-linux-2.37.4-i586-3_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This release fixes a vulnerability where the wall command did not filter escape sequences from command line arguments, allowing unprivileged users to put arbitrary text on other users terminals. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28085 (* Security fix *)
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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:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/util-linux-2.37.4-i586-3_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/util-linux-2.37.4-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 15.0 package:
3cd4404f3936f17e7f0ab70a4db3c3c5 util-linux-2.37.4-i586-3_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
bb90b0b99780f22a4bce3829235169c5 util-linux-2.37.4-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
46535176e55cabab56994a2031acd643 a/util-linux-2.40-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a16777d05bd73065cad733ee2a24f660 a/util-linux-2.40-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg util-linux-2.37.4-i586-3_slack15.0.txz
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