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The following updates have been released for Slackware Linux:

plasma-workspace (SSA:2024-240-02)
kcron (SSA:2024-240-01)




plasma-workspace (SSA:2024-240-02)


plasma-workspace (SSA:2024-240-02)

New plasma-workspace packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix
a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/plasma-workspace-5.23.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update patches a security issue:
ksmserver: Unauthorized users can access session manager.
Thanks to pbslxw for the heads-up.
For more information, see:
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20240531-1.txt
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36041
(* 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/patches/packages/plasma-workspace-5.23.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/plasma-workspace-5.23.5-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
75db0fae92f3534d307a0c3493485b42 plasma-workspace-5.23.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
33c25145a5e9c3f68784688f1a823cda plasma-workspace-5.23.5-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg plasma-workspace-5.23.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key



kcron (SSA:2024-240-01)


kcron (SSA:2024-240-01)

New kcron packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/kcron-21.12.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
kcron: Invalid temporary file handling.
Thanks to pbslxw for the heads-up.
For more information, see:
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20220216-1.txt
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24986
(* 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/patches/packages/kcron-21.12.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/kcron-21.12.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
f044c71ae38cdc78decbf96dfd23083c kcron-21.12.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
64ea18c93efdea14abbc0bea9f28e95b kcron-21.12.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg kcron-21.12.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

+-----+

Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key