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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] xorg-server (SSA:2023-038-02)
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 12:58:17 -0800 (PST)
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[slackware-security]  xorg-server (SSA:2023-038-02)

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


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  [PATCH] Xi: fix potential use-after-free in DeepCopyPointerClasses.
  Also merged another patch to prevent crashes when using a compositor with
  the NVIDIA blob. Thanks to mdinslage, willysr, and Daedra.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0494
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-6_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  [PATCH] Xi: fix potential use-after-free in DeepCopyPointerClasses.
  Also merged another patch to prevent crashes when using a compositor with
  the NVIDIA blob. Thanks to mdinslage, willysr, and Daedra.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0494
  (* 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 packages for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-6_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_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-6_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-x86_64-1.txz


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

Slackware 15.0 packages:
5d21bb371fe20a30156200f28efb1243  xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
f007492f9168b74aa2006bd4a6ef90e9  xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
033eebe14a30edc9c0426ede6f047f6a  xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
9bf686099cf4b43213be7399822ef0af  xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-i586-7_slack15.0.txz
1440f5cb366dc3ef621e8dabcc87c95e  xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-i586-6_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
49c99e299ec8e93035f3d54f6228caeb  xorg-server-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
479ea2d2a4791eb2ee2b4d6888272c45  xorg-server-xephyr-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
9e35b75294859e2b36b6caad5e980c66  xorg-server-xnest-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
53bb58c3f345e362ac19ec5109368927  xorg-server-xvfb-1.20.14-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz
99b4585acb18fd98170ddac621273341  xorg-server-xwayland-21.1.4-x86_64-6_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current packages:
5dacee09beed294e8c78ca1e5d1fee52  x/xorg-server-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
951206c54fb01cf836c743faf675a6f4  x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
60d0363ed088c21910cfb062a247ffe0  x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
838cddc33166c72bf81d0cb2e2264526  x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-i586-1.txz
dfe38fd041e52e7fe9b9f8a560e7a7bb  x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
10d45e3134cd856cbb91da04ebb48096  x/xorg-server-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
23d5bebcf4fc863b84c1cda4c7a7d618  x/xorg-server-xephyr-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
017084cb46ec791d8e835d035cd20f8b  x/xorg-server-xnest-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
0b6a5f910b045c9fd9d3b7ec511151a6  x/xorg-server-xvfb-21.1.7-x86_64-1.txz
f767a6ef45af1dc92be64410ecc347fe  x/xorg-server-xwayland-22.1.8-x86_64-1.txz


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

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


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