New xorg and xorg-devel packages are available for Slackware 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. A typo in the X render extension in X.Org 6.8.0 or later allows an X client to crash the server and possibly to execute arbitrary code as the X server user (typically this is "root".)



More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1526

The advisory from X.Org may be found here:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html

Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/x11-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz:
Patched with x11r6.9.0-mitri.diff and recompiled.
A typo in the X render extension allows an X client to crash the server
and possibly to execute arbitrary code as the X server user (typically
this is "root".)
The CVE entry for this issue may be found here:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1526
The advisory from X.Org may be found here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2006-May/015136.html
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz:
Patched and recompiled libXrender.
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated packages for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/x11-6.8.1-i486-5.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/x11-devel-6.8.1-i486-5.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 10.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/x11-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patches/packages/x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/x11-6.9.0-i486-4.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-4.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 10.1 packages:
0adae00722f78242961ebdd8e874a97e x11-6.8.1-i486-5.tgz
7e1072009150f2d02bb958fdbf8920ed x11-devel-6.8.1-i486-5.tgz

Slackware 10.2 packages:
95a228488f09978c4a3468fb027a49c8 x11-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz
86f2fe06649b2d120f8f0fb1ad76f341 x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
2aa5db26d003137c01d2688e644d0b9d x11-6.9.0-i486-4.tgz
39b4feb60a97e79100962ebec50d9208 x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-4.tgz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg x11-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-5.tgz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com