A xterm security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current.

slackware-security: xterm (SSA:2021-086-01)

[slackware-security] xterm (SSA:2021-086-01)

New xterm packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/xterm-367-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
xterm before Patch #366 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or
cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted UTF-8 combining
character sequence.
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27135
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/xterm-367-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/xterm-367-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/xterm-367-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/xterm-367-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/xterm-367-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
07381abe1845c3dba65612247cf870af xterm-367-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
5a5c338c56b58026cf5be6f27113125b xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
131d47f4ba7e053aa0f0eac01e231845 xterm-367-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
81f1c0588598c6a0e7f353502928e721 xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
df159890bf2fa7fcf03de7729a9f64b1 xterm-367-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
47300511f8b07d98016192c486545cf9 xterm-367-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
103e2dfaf477324b2bb9a9fff21a94d5 x/xterm-367-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d3eb8ed3dc3c3ede1ff50e430db03a0f x/xterm-367-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg xterm-367-i586-1_slack14.2.txz