From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] libnotify (SSA:2023-283-02)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT)





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[slackware-security] libnotify (SSA:2023-283-02)

New libnotify packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains a critical stability/minor security update which
affects Electron applications that utilize Portal notifications (eg,
through Flatpak). It is highly recommended that all users of libnotify
0.8.x update to this release.
(* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
9fa17d1faa882d2d14bfa2dfe009f079 libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6a9a601e6f4053e166ce2029e990c6b7 libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
4b31ada4e25abe2d29d892a4a169150c l/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
9411aff6ff3a6857d567d1a9731a30e6 l/libnotify-0.8.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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