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[slackware-security]  xorg-server (SSA:2024-016-02)

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  This update fixes security issues:
  Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer.
  Reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access.
  Heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent.
  Heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice.
  SELinux context corruption.
  SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer.
  For more information, see:
    https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6816
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0229
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21885
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21886
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0408
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0409
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-10_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  This update fixes security issues:
  Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer.
  Reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access.
  Heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent.
  Heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice.
  SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer.
  For more information, see:
    https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6816
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0229
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21885
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21886
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0408
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-10_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-10_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 15.0 packages:
cbfc1d90a9b15381b3fde1cc05d3393a  xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
13e01fa593096111f41c8de08b1bd407  xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
f81a8f96742881f732e3784ceefe42aa  xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
b223aa9470870a7f231d251597501605  xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz
5a6593bafecb4f43f4404b31c959a91c  xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-10_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
cc3ae53ea9b14335b608a485344aae01  xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
d52148237c62011adceaba103458718c  xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
27c8dad2969a0551dadc1bdbc0a76b74  xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
a9b04919e14289a4e10e1c361ba8c96c  xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz
8ed1857f20c19679edc79a6d4ce9a58d  xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-10_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current packages:
d795fb2800b568f72e805652319a5bb9  x/xorg-server-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
b05c18e825d04e6a1b477b1da9dbc85c  x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
01cde17a95b6664d99f65e35eb4a143c  x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
369134fd6e429782098a13b5fdebe3bf  x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-i586-1.txz
088af0fe9440910f53cbb0c5f1534260  x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
5e206bee3b5bd7984be71dc0d4f3bf95  x/xorg-server-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
1350d0aa457d88076e59869b7f987382  x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
9b3b568a4a59cabe5571efdf08a279b6  x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
a197b434af664928dd02f9cef6ae1f9a  x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz
6f0c97a807cc2d14d3eb36b22e5f17e0  x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg xorg-server-*.txz


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Slackware: 2024-016-02: xorg-server Security Update

January 16, 2024
New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer. Reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access. Heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent. Heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice. SELinux context corruption. SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer. For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0229 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21885 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21886 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0408 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0409 (* Security fix *) patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-10_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent and ProcXIQueryPointer. Reattaching to different master device may lead to out-of-bounds memory access. Heap buffer overflow in XISendDeviceHierarchyEvent. Heap buffer overflow in DisableDevice. SELinux unlabeled GLX PBuffer. For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2024-January/061525.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0229 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21885 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21886 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0408 (* Security fix *)

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-10_slack15.0.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-10_slack15.0.txz
Updated packages for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-21.1.11-i586-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-i586-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-i586-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-i586-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-i586-1.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 packages: cbfc1d90a9b15381b3fde1cc05d3393a xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz 13e01fa593096111f41c8de08b1bd407 xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz f81a8f96742881f732e3784ceefe42aa xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz b223aa9470870a7f231d251597501605 xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-11_slack15.0.txz 5a6593bafecb4f43f4404b31c959a91c xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-10_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages: cc3ae53ea9b14335b608a485344aae01 xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz d52148237c62011adceaba103458718c xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz 27c8dad2969a0551dadc1bdbc0a76b74 xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz a9b04919e14289a4e10e1c361ba8c96c xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-11_slack15.0.txz 8ed1857f20c19679edc79a6d4ce9a58d xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-10_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current packages: d795fb2800b568f72e805652319a5bb9 x/xorg-server-21.1.11-i586-1.txz b05c18e825d04e6a1b477b1da9dbc85c x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-i586-1.txz 01cde17a95b6664d99f65e35eb4a143c x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-i586-1.txz 369134fd6e429782098a13b5fdebe3bf x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-i586-1.txz 088af0fe9440910f53cbb0c5f1534260 x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current packages: 5e206bee3b5bd7984be71dc0d4f3bf95 x/xorg-server-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz 1350d0aa457d88076e59869b7f987382 x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz 9b3b568a4a59cabe5571efdf08a279b6 x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz a197b434af664928dd02f9cef6ae1f9a x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.11-x86_64-1.txz 6f0c97a807cc2d14d3eb36b22e5f17e0 x/xorg-server-xwayland-23.2.4-x86_64-1.txz

Severity
[slackware-security] xorg-server (SSA:2024-016-02)
New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg xorg-server-*.txz

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