X.Org Foundation Official Release of X Window System X11R6.8.1
X.Org Foundation Official Release of X Window System X11R6.8.1
- Subject: X.Org Foundation Official Release of X Window System X11R6.8.1
- From: "Torrey T. Lyons" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:50:06 -0700
X11R6.8.1 Release of the X Window System
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X.Org Foundation Releases Security Update
For X Window System Version X11R6.8.0
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Brookline MA, September 17, 2004 - The X.Org Foundation today announced
the release of an update for the X Window System, which addresses the
possible security vulnerability announced on September 15, 2004. The
security advisory, which includes a description of the issue, can be found
here:
http://www.x.org/pub/X11R6.8.0/patches/README.xorg-CAN-2004-0687-0688.patch
This bug affects all known versions and releases of the X Window System
shipping versions of libXpm, whether from X.Org or other vendors. Therefore,
users are strongly recommended to upgrade.
Pre-release source tar files and a patch were made available shortly after
the security advisory was released, which contained the security fix plus
some preliminary documentation. The X.Org Foundation has now updated the
source tar files and patch with the complete documentation and the updated
release version and dates strings, and has made them available for download
from http://www.X.Org and X.Org mirror sites worldwide.
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