A xorg-server security update has been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current.
slackware-security: xorg-server (SSA:2023-038-02)
[slackware-security] xorg-server (SSA:2023-038-02)
New xorg-server 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/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
[PATCH] Xi: fix potential use-after-free in DeepCopyPointerClasses.
Also merged another patch to prevent crashes when using a compositor with
the NVIDIA blob. Thanks to mdinslage, willysr, and Daedra.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0494
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-6_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
[PATCH] Xi: fix potential use-after-free in DeepCopyPointerClasses.
Also merged another patch to prevent crashes when using a compositor with
the NVIDIA blob. Thanks to mdinslage, willysr, and Daedra.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0494
(* 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 packages for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-6_slack15.0.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-6_slack15.0.txz
Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-i586-1.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 packages:
5d21bb371fe20a30156200f28efb1243 xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
f007492f9168b74aa2006bd4a6ef90e9 xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
033eebe14a30edc9c0426ede6f047f6a xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
9bf686099cf4b43213be7399822ef0af xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
1440f5cb366dc3ef621e8dabcc87c95e xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-6_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
49c99e299ec8e93035f3d54f6228caeb xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
479ea2d2a4791eb2ee2b4d6888272c45 xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
9e35b75294859e2b36b6caad5e980c66 xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
53bb58c3f345e362ac19ec5109368927 xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
99b4585acb18fd98170ddac621273341 xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-6_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current packages:
5dacee09beed294e8c78ca1e5d1fee52 x/xorg-server-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
951206c54fb01cf836c743faf675a6f4 x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
60d0363ed088c21910cfb062a247ffe0 x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
838cddc33166c72bf81d0cb2e2264526 x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
dfe38fd041e52e7fe9b9f8a560e7a7bb x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
10d45e3134cd856cbb91da04ebb48096 x/xorg-server-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
23d5bebcf4fc863b84c1cda4c7a7d618 x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
017084cb46ec791d8e835d035cd20f8b x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
0b6a5f910b045c9fd9d3b7ec511151a6 x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
f767a6ef45af1dc92be64410ecc347fe x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg xorg-server-*.txz
