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New rdesktop packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] rdesktop (SSA:2011-110-01) New rdesktop packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a traversal vulnerability (disallow /.. requests). https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1595 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional 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 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_6413.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.6.0-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: 38e5ac5c9c7f026d28c261639b823f5e rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 22fa31babfd7d91158e80bd0f1badf43 rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: f17d588243b3ec3921de3b7e4cf790ff rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 312d0969d23b349f3b424d49825176be rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: 88411f9f9f95518c498b2039c9a15a81 rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: e0228d49d403ba9bcd33ad06dba11794 rdesktop-1.6.0-x86_64-2_slack13.0.txz Slackware 13.1 package: 56dcdce7c80d9b3abfd2247a429b8dbd rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 723edd12f7cc7b929ae5e5a5ae4f91de rdesktop-1.6.0-x86_64-2_slack13.1.txz Slackware -current package: 5e30e1e9ea0b73d3ed3c4e147bcb2b01 xap/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: afce9228bef5941881ee991ca61033be xap/rdesktop-1.6.0-x86_64-2.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2_slack13.1.txz +-----+ . Recent updates for rdesktop tackle a directory traversal vulnerability across various versions of Slackware, bolstering security measures.. Slackware Security, Rdesktop Update, Critical Fix. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 22, 2011 •Critical Slackware