news 28 Posted March 10, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] xterm (SSA:2009-069-03) New xterm packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. 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-2008-2383 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded to xterm-241. This fixes a vulnerability where displaying a file containing DECRQSS (Device Control Request Status String) sequences could cause arbitrary commands to be executed as the user running xterm. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2383 (* 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 package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xterm-241-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: f9fac14482cb0799bcc9e0174eeb959e xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 5da769ba1fe03bfc878adac06e44caaf xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: ab97395b148fa1441bf01847f37e7b56 xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: bb5b9a0774ff62a7abb728b60209aa5e xterm-241-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
