Slackware: 2017-291-01: libXres Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libXres-1.2.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Integer overflows may allow X servers to trigger allocation of insufficient memory and a buffer overflow via vectors related to the (1) XResQueryClients and (2) XResQueryClientResources functions. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1988 (* Security fix *)
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Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libXres-1.2.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libXres-1.2.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libXres-1.2.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libXres-1.2.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.1 package:
1253ba59f7e08295d24a434a75faf448 libXres-1.2.0-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
f42004623a5f42c6280bf540decadb81 libXres-1.2.0-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
4256978c619753254402fc77ca2fc1fc libXres-1.2.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
2e1e0fea3a504c181e58cb5bfc0cf22a libXres-1.2.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
9cfb1ab01a0178323c37a518621ff02b x/libXres-1.2.0-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
8bcf91141af69be10620e6e4f529b0c5 x/libXres-1.2.0-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libXres-1.2.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz