[Cucumber-linux-security] xorg-libraries (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for xorg-libraries for the following
versions of Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Sat Aug 25 12:30:15 EDT 2018
x-base/xorg-libraries rebuilt (build 5) to fix two security vulnerabilities:
	CVE-2018-14598, a buffer overflow vulnerability in libX11 that allowed
	for an attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
	segmentation fault; and CVE-2018-14600, an out of bounds write in libX11
	that could result in a denial of service (application crash) or remote
	code execution. For more information see:
		http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/21/6
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=526
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14598
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=525
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14600
multilib/x-base/xorg-libraries-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 5, x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-525 [CVE-2018-14600]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=525)
  * CLD-526 [CVE-2018-14598]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=526)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure xorg-libraries is selected on the update list, and then select
Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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