A rxvt-unicode security update has been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current.
slackware-security: rxvt-unicode (SSA:2023-003-02)
[slackware-security] rxvt-unicode (SSA:2023-003-02)
New rxvt-unicode packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/rxvt-unicode-9.26-i586-3_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
When the "background" extension was loaded, an attacker able to control the
data written to the terminal would be able to execute arbitrary code as the
terminal's user. Thanks to David Leadbeater and Ben Collver.
For more information, see:
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/05/1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4170
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/rxvt-unicode-9.26-i586-3_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/rxvt-unicode-9.26-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/rxvt-unicode-9.26-i586-4.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/rxvt-unicode-9.26-x86_64-4.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
c4d36c39293db26731902a472b727c04 rxvt-unicode-9.26-i586-3_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
232412389e34110a7ab43f85693ee791 rxvt-unicode-9.26-x86_64-3_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
b49b5562b6b5f0e24bbe253b714e68e5 xap/rxvt-unicode-9.26-i586-4.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
361b6f0a18517128ede7c16ac5d47e80 xap/rxvt-unicode-9.26-x86_64-4.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg rxvt-unicode-9.26-i586-3_slack15.0.txz
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