Slackware: 2004-043-02: XFree86 Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: Thu Feb 12 10:00:37 PST 2004 patches/packages/xfree86-4.3.0-i486-6.tgz: Patched to fix buffer overflow problems with the parsing of 'font.alias' files that could allow unauthorized code execution. For more details, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0083 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0084 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0106 (* Security fix *) WHERE TO FIND THE NEW PACKAGE: Updated package for Slackware 8.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/xfree86-4.2.1-i386-3.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/xfree86-4.3.0-i386-3.tgz Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/xfree86-4.3.0-i486-6.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: MD5 SIGNATURES: Slackware 8.1 package: 747237b30c8531719c814eb577c3d4a1 xfree86-4.2.1-i386-3.tgz Slackware 9.0 package: 27b14f5599c85ea7b01bc8917898238e xfree86-4.3.0-i386-3.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: cfc34e7db675c7a6ed122c049ff17e3d xfree86-4.3.0-i486-6.tgz Slackware -current package: cfc34e7db675c7a6ed122c049ff17e3d xfree86-4.3.0-i486-6.tgz INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Upgrade the base XFree86 package with upgradepkg: # upgradepkg xfree86-4.3.0-i486-6.tgz X will need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.
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