New rdesktop packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Add bounds checking to protocol handling in order to fix many
security problems when communicating with a malicious server.
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://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/rdesktop-1.8.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.8.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
ba367efcf0f70167a8791d2211f8ca43 rdesktop-1.8.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
1495fd99d763c36ac434badb5e8586bf rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
c38052237f138380e385e4562006472f rdesktop-1.8.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
b996ac69fd4379f1a08483e728adb276 rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
ba6af1c6c0c2adc89cfb94d39db1f976 rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
0715f48dc29c6ed4bf36900bd82425a3 rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
3185621a3ff1e79f204878060811094b xap/rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
b0e156f52fff64bc890e898e6de1c5e0 xap/rdesktop-1.8.5-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg rdesktop-1.8.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz