A xorg-server security update has been released for Slackware Linux 15.0 and current.

xorg-server (SSA:2023-299-02)

xorg-server (SSA:2023-299-02)

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes security issues:
OOB write in XIChangeDeviceProperty/RRChangeOutputProperty.
Use-after-free bug in DestroyWindow.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5367
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5380
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-8_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes a security issue:
OOB write in XIChangeDeviceProperty/RRChangeOutputProperty.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-October/003430.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5367
(* 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-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-8_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_64-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-8_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.2-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 packages:
323f754d385f509b1995ee2f13f06865 xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
b5161915f97533e595cbfdd48f5060f1 xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
b55e66f4ae9f9961fbefcbdaba8e8e0b xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
e89ee6d8c6fb6ce55a6abf7ea82184bf xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-9_slack15.0.txz
c8c95bc22ed849c931b671aaf7b9a841 xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-8_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
f99ba1b65a5d139668cd8b5756468557 xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz
1b0968c85c757001c78723b11fdcc6a5 xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz
68586e949d66e229ea63555dbc9347b5 xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz
fed63de2e35e06e863d6f61b2ddf08c8 xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz
5957cc46128fcac3c5b5b54bffc45180 xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-8_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current packages:
df7e432806264d6bf1e88ae2ea9de557 x/xorg-server-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
df99fbd9aef28b08d26121afcad5ebce x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
a0dacd2b189dbd98f92608c79f12687c x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
d3c5c613e2f300d2196c114fd2f0fc99 x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.9-i586-1.txz
5702c7d521f03190643596b18b15c4cb x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
9105fa7c44383e8ddb7dc86286551435 x/xorg-server-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
c3962abc946bac2f70c40ac9c37c06ea x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
4011927923a55056290ab9623b504b9d x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
4eceac09a6c165603b386db219fe0b83 x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.9-x86_64-1.txz
f18c89e9f42b718161025e11706e8b0b x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg xorg-server-*.txz

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