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[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:
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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 *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated packages for Slackware 12.1:

Updated packages for Slackware -current:


MD5 signatures:
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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:
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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


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