New tigervnc packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-5_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against xorg-server-1.20.14, including the latest patches for
several security issues. Thanks to marav.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-6377
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-6478
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2023-6816
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-0229
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-0408
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-0409
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-21885
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-21886
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-21886
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-5_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-5_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.13.1-i586-3.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.13.1-x86_64-3.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 15.0 package:
13a4377260bd096461166e37ca16afe7 tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-5_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
a942377a4d2c2b4b80a556eb81e5d97f tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-5_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
2716715cb2d3d87c4eeb0141d2e1b7ae tigervnc-1.13.1-i586-3.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
2cd2eb06417478d62768c6f0a67f9550 tigervnc-1.13.1-x86_64-3.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-5_slack15.0.txz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 15.0 | i586 | tigervnc | < 1.12.0 | tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-5_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | 15.0 | x86_64 | tigervnc | < 1.12.0 | tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-5_slack15.0.txz |
Slackware | current | i586 | tigervnc | < 1.13.1 | tigervnc-1.13.1-i586-3.txz |
Slackware | current | x86_64 | tigervnc | < 1.13.1 | tigervnc-1.13.1-x86_64-3.txz |