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Slackware alert SSA:2021-086-01 (xterm)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] xterm (SSA:2021-086-01)
Date:  Sat, 27 Mar 2021 13:21:04 -0700
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.02.2103271320470.8018@connie.slackware.com>

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] xterm (SSA:2021-086-01) New xterm packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/xterm-367-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: xterm before Patch #366 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted UTF-8 combining character sequence. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-2... (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating 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 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/pa... Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: 07381abe1845c3dba65612247cf870af xterm-367-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 5a5c338c56b58026cf5be6f27113125b xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 131d47f4ba7e053aa0f0eac01e231845 xterm-367-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 81f1c0588598c6a0e7f353502928e721 xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: df159890bf2fa7fcf03de7729a9f64b1 xterm-367-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 47300511f8b07d98016192c486545cf9 xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: 103e2dfaf477324b2bb9a9fff21a94d5 x/xterm-367-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: d3eb8ed3dc3c3ede1ff50e430db03a0f x/xterm-367-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg xterm-367-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAmBfkccACgkQakRjwEAQIjMPcwCcCIede2Jy656B13OQQVu/HNyw /oYAnRXj0ejK9d1DcJ7UGHGGpICmx9yg =5hiK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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