news 28 Posted July 1, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] xorg-server (SSA:2008-183-01) New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 12.1 and -current to fix security issues in xorg-server 1.4 prior to version 1.4.2. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1377 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1379 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2360 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2361 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2362 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded xorg-server to address denial of service and possible arbitrary code execution flaws reported in xorg-server 1.4 prior to 1.4.2. For more information about the issues patched, please refer to: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1377 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1379 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2360 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2361 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2362 (* Security fix *) patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Security fixes (see CVE entries above). (* Security fix *) patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Security fixes (see CVE entries above). (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated packages for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.1 packages: 4f53f4f232f614f43ff8455602bb3391 xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz 7a9b6e3801c08d6d1839b68dd9715e9e xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz 1a1b00c1867d81369d167933229e9284 xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current packages: a8e1298855bbf08217343a7aa8776b0f xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz 64491ebde2bf1f15240c36921aa965ba xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz e2eec7d598adee8e2bf4359868b2670f xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
