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Slackware 10.2 X11 Update 2006-259-01 Critical Overflow Issue

New x11 (X.Org) packages are available for Slackware 10.2, and -current to fix security issues due to overflows in font parsing. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] x11 (SSA:2006-259-01) New x11 (X.Org) packages are available for Slackware 10.2, and -current to fix security issues due to overflows in font parsing. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3739 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3740 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/x11-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz:i Fixed an overflow in CID encoded Type1 font parsing. For further reference, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3739 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3740 (* Security fix *) patches/packages/x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz: Recompiled. patches/packages/x11-xdmx-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz: Recompiled. patches/packages/x11-xnest-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz: Recompiled. patches/packages/x11-xvfb-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz: Recompiled. +--------------------------+ 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 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 10.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 10.2 package: a9316c321d186c6f9550b1f29ccc1501 x11-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz 20d998bce33e744ffd037d8190a42c18 x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz 0a3327d025d6af59f54de9ac63404c97 x11-xdmx-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz e236495f4e11a246b0027f6cfb5703d2 x11-xnest-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz 12a58e8efcdd6807b3d366fbcf9d79e4 x11-xvfb-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 59bf0501ce46391197ad571c9341c105 x11-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz 14c95b5eab916883a313c34db4fdb38a x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz 2d19e8fe89b314fe93baed7c62d0a1cb x11-xdmx-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz 54369c52653384d0ff4310b56bd67c96 x11-xnest-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz c8795b535a8c38cc4832dbbb5e4aa711 x11-xvfb-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg x11-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz x11-xdmx-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz x11-xnest-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz x11-xvfb-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz +-----+ . Latest x11 updates for Slackware 10.2 released to tackle memory vulnerabilities in font handling; all existing packages have been revised.. Slackware Security, Font Overflow, X.Org Updates, Security Fixes, X11 Packages. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 17, 2006 •Critical Slackware