Slackware: 2021-139-01: libX11 Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libX11-1.7.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes missing request length checks in libX11 that can lead to the emission of extra X protocol requests to the X server. For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2021-May/003088.html https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-31535 (* Security fix *)
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
037e061214b75602fecda02dbeff4594 libX11-1.7.1-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
2d361c4a57965f7717c6baeeb64bfbdc libX11-1.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
2d248166e3300b2eddf1bf7cdfd9c48e libX11-1.7.1-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
1cbc196fc2b572d9ef1d782780e715c4 libX11-1.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
e7a8f6730ee2a9f0c1d1b882ef19a328 libX11-1.7.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
93c50f408507ca0ec710ec0652911fc5 libX11-1.7.1-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
c4e7afb55aa5cbac724d078bac62d48e x/libX11-1.7.1-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
4c6d385206e5c2ba7614b1301b850115 x/libX11-1.7.1-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libX11-1.7.1-i586-1_slack14.2.txz